LGPL

Re-license almost all the playback modules to LGPLv2.1+ with
authorization from their respective contributors (230+)

This includes:
 - access, codec, packetizers, demux
 - audio filters, audio mixers, audio output
 - video filters, video chroma, video output
 - text renderers
 - XML parser
 - ARM NEON and SSE2 optimisations (mostly for chromas and filters)

Some modules are not concerned:
 - BDA and DShow access modules because Manol Manolov is AWOL
 - Real RTSP, because it is derived from Xine
 - x264 and t140 because they are encoders only
 - DLL Loader, because it is derived from MPlayer
 - DTS packetizer, because Jon Lech Johansen is AWOL
 - Shine and WMAfixed, because they are derived from Rockbox
 - Real demuxer, as it is derived from MPlayer and Wang Bo is AWOL
 - MPC demuxer, as Yavor Doganov is AWOL
 - Tivo demuxer, because it is derived from an MPlayer fork
 - Playlist demuxer, (WPL and ZPL parts missing), because suheaven is AWOL
 - iOS audio output and video display, because author refuses the license change
 - Equalizer and compressor, because Ronald Wright is AWOL
 - Mono, Headphone and Dolby, because author refuses the license change
 - hqdn3d and yadif, because they are from MPlayer/libavfilter
 - remoteosd, because it derives from RealVNC code
 - MMX optimisations, because Ollie Lho, from SiS, is AWOL
 - Rotate, because it depends on GPL motion

Nota Bene:
 - Some modules depend on GPL-only libraries, a LGPL module does not mean
   that the resulting binary module will be LGPL.
   Libraries affected would include liba52, libdvdcss, libdvdnav, libdvdread,
   faad2, libdca, libmad, libmpeg2, libpostproc, SRC, sid, zvbi and probably others.

modules/access/alsa.c

@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@
  *****************************************************************************
  * Copyright (C) 2012 Rémi Denis-Courmont
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
  * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
- * You should have received a copy of the Lesser GNU General Public License
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
  *****************************************************************************/

modules/access/attachment.c

@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@
  *
  * Authors: Laurent Aimar <fenrir _AT_ videolan _DOT_ org>
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 /*****************************************************************************

modules/access/avio.c

@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@
  *
  * Authors: Laurent Aimar <fenrir _AT_ videolan _DOT_ org>
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H

modules/access/avio.h

@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@
  *
  * Authors: Laurent Aimar <fenrir _AT_ videolan _DOT_ org>
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 /* ffmpeg header */

modules/access/bd/bd.c

@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
  * bd.c: BluRay Disc support (uncrypted)
  *****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2009 the VideoLAN team
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 VLC authors and VideoLAN
  * $Id$
  *
  * Authors: Laurent Aimar <fenrir _AT_ videolan _DOT_ org>
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 /*****************************************************************************

modules/access/bd/clpi.c

@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
  * clpi.c: BluRay Disc CLPI
  *****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2009 the VideoLAN team
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 VLC authors and VideoLAN
  * $Id$
  *
  * Authors: Laurent Aimar <fenrir _AT_ videolan _DOT_ org>
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H

modules/access/bd/clpi.h

@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
  * clpi.h: BluRay Disc CLPI
  *****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2009 the VideoLAN team
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 VLC authors and VideoLAN
  * $Id$
  *
  * Authors: Laurent Aimar <fenrir _AT_ videolan _DOT_ org>
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 typedef struct

modules/access/bd/mpls.c

@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
  * mpls.c: BluRay Disc MPLS
  *****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2009 the VideoLAN team
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 VLC authors and VideoLAN
  * $Id$
  *
  * Authors: Laurent Aimar <fenrir _AT_ videolan _DOT_ org>
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 

modules/access/bd/mpls.h

@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
  * mpls.h: BluRay Disc MPLS
  *****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2009 the VideoLAN team
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 VLC authors and VideoLAN
  * $Id$
  *
  * Authors: Laurent Aimar <fenrir _AT_ videolan _DOT_ org>
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 typedef enum

modules/access/bluray.c

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
  * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License

modules/access/cdda.c

@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
  * cdda.c : CD digital audio input module for vlc
  *****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2000, 2003-2006, 2008-2009 the VideoLAN team
+ * Copyright (C) 2000, 2003-2006, 2008-2009 VLC authors and VideoLAN
  * $Id$
  *
  * Authors: Laurent Aimar <[email protected]>
  *          Gildas Bazin <[email protected]>
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 /**

modules/access/dc1394.c

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
  * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License

modules/access/decklink.cpp

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  *
  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License

modules/access/directory.c

@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
  * directory.c: expands a directory (directory: access plug-in)
  *****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2002-2008 the VideoLAN team
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2008 VLC authors and VideoLAN
  * $Id$
  *
  * Authors: Derk-Jan Hartman <hartman at videolan dot org>
  *          Rémi Denis-Courmont
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 /*****************************************************************************