[vlc] VLC Media Player License

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Hello Kris,

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 08:57:00AM -0400, Hong, Kris wrote :
> If I install a VLC Media Player to one of our employee's computer and if he/she give to another person who is not our employee, is he/she violate the its redistribution condition, or is our company violate the redistribution condition, or none of problem?

Basically, if you don't modify VLC, you have NO problem.

> What if the person, who got the VLC Media Player from our employee as a redistribution, uses at his/her corporation environment, is our company violate the condition? What if the person uses it as his personal usage, is it still violate the condition?
No problem, as above.

If you don't modify VLC, you shouldn't care at all about redistribution.
If you modify anything in VLC source code, you have to care.

Best,


> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jean-Baptiste Kempf [mailto:jb at videolan.org] 
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:34 PM
> To: Mailing list for VLC media player users
> Cc: Hong, Kris
> Subject: Re: [vlc] VLC Media Player License
> 
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 06:56:16PM -0400, Hong, Kris wrote :
> > I would like to know the license information of the VLC Media Player. 
> > 
> > Base upon your licensing information, GNU GPL, on the website, do you
> > allow that the VLC Media Player can be used in a Corporate Environment
> > as free of use?
> 
> 
> Our license does not restrict purpose of usage (within the boundary of
> applicable legislation of course). Only redistribution to third
> parties is subject to particular conditions.
> 
> > If not, what is the cost of the software and how much is the support
> > cost if there is a problem from VLC Player?
> Cost is 0.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Jean-Baptiste Kempf
> http://www.jbkempf.com/

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Best Regards,

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Jean-Baptiste Kempf
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