LiamBoxVisualizing the Length of the Fine Print, for 14 Popular Apps (and books)
dan1101Good guy VLC: www.videolan.org/legal.html
What are the usage restrictions for VideoLAN software? Short answer: there are none. You can use the software in the way you want (within the boundary of law), for personal, educational, research, military, governmental, professional purpose or any other way…
May I redistribute a piece of VideoLAN software? Yes, you may distribute an original or a modified version of a piece of VideoLAN software as long as you comply with its license terms. Most pieces of software from VideoLAN are licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 2 (referred herein as GPL). You will find a license file named COPYING in all our products.
Note: You do not need to ask VideoLAN the permission to distribute VideoLAN software!
NotEasyBeingGreenThat’s a nice summary, but the GPLv2 is about 2500 words…
Axolotlit’s a very clear license and it’s only 1 that many softwares use, you read it once and you don’t have anymore;
The GPL is also just about redistribution, code changes etc etc it does not affect the final user, you only look at the license if you care about it or if you are a developer