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Dear Jean, perhaps you can give one more hint? As I seem to have the same issue....

It's simpler than that. If (as they claim) they don't provide VLC themselves, then they are not bound to its (GPL) license in any way. It would be much different if they included libvlc in their software installer. I intend to use LibVLC API in the same kind of way, if people like to use it next to...

ok the installer is not the problem, but i also see libvlc.dll in their main graboid dir.. but than again i'm no lawyer but i thought this was illegal. and to reply on Remi.. yes indeed why bother if the VideoLAN project is seeking to relicense LibVLC under LGPL. (i read about this, how is the progr...

or am i wrong.. and is this allowed this way?

also they use sabnzbd... also open-source project

it's not paid but shurly closed source...

I found a non-opensource "paid" application on internet that workes with LibVLC but does not use it as GPL LibVLC describes. Because i work on a project now, where i do take this rules very seriously.. this get me pist off :x For starters.. the installer just installs vlc without giving th...

After reading a old post from Big-Ben, i think i understand: According to my understanding of the GPL, if your activex module can only run with VLC, it has to be written in a GPL compatible license. If its functions are not VLC specific, and it can also be run with some other non gpl media player, t...

So... these people are not right? they use it now
They use this in a commercial program!

Dear VLC, I start this topic because I like to use VLClib API also in a closed source application but first thought this was not possible because of the GPL. Then i came by this application that uses VLC in a commercial program, so i was interested if i could use it the same way they do? Or are they...