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Hello

i want to use vlc as a part of a commercial app that i want to sell.
The app have some control gui, but finally will launch vlc with some video processing plugins.
VLC itself wont be compiled inside the application - rather run stand alone, and play the video stream that some other part of the application will send.


what code should i open under the GPL licence?
the plugins to the vlc that we write?
the part of the application that streams the video? (to me it looks like totally different product)
the wrapping application that launches VLC?

Are there any other issues that i need to take into account (other then the 2$ i will have to pay to MPEG if i use it)

thanks alot
michael

I'm no lawyer, so you should consult one of your choice.

However, you need to open-source to your customers everything that directly links to VLC. This includes potential plugins for VLC.

The application wrapper and the streamer don't need to be GPL-compatible, as long as they don't directly interact with VLC (scripting is fine) _and_ fulfill a useful purpose in absence of VLC.

thanks alot

do you know about some appliance (streamers, media players or so) that runs vlc on as its media player?
if so i will be happy to contact them to ask how they solved the legal issues with the GPL

You can mail me.