[vlc] About GPL

Rémi Denis-Courmont remi at remlab.net
Sun Feb 7 18:29:04 CET 2010


	Hello,

Le mercredi 3 février 2010 15:04:04 videolan lan, vous avez écrit :
> I would like to use a component of a particular FREE program, such as Vlc.
>  I would like to use the Active X, which i will use with no modification of
>  the original code, just making a call to the activex from a program
>  develop in c# for example. Now in this program i would call this active x,
>  and maybe other activex Flash, IE, or else. Can i then sell my program
>  which is using a mix of activex call under certain conditions, which make
>  it the program i m developping, without overcome the law ?

If you do provide VLC or parts of VLC to your customers as part of a larger 
piece of software, you must use the GPL. If you don't provide VLC, but try to 
use the one already installed on the computer (if any), then you're clear.

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