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How VLC / VideoLAN is funded
- origin
- EU
- host
- VideoLAN (French non-profit association); VideoLabs SAS
- host type
- association (FR)
- licence
- GPL-2.0 / LGPL-2.1
| Channel | Finding | Label | Ev. |
|---|---|---|---|
| employer developers | VideoLabs (Paris) employs core developers on consulting contracts; many volunteers | fact | B |
| foundation budget | small association; refuses ads/bundling | fact | B |
| public grants | occasional (EU-FOSSA 2 bug bounty, 2019) | fact | B |
| corporate sponsorship | small | inference | C |
| commercial model | VideoLabs consulting and ports | fact | B |
| donations | donations accepted; amounts not published | fact | C |
dominant channel: employer-developers (VideoLabs consulting) + volunteers
top funder: VideoLabs
top funder share: unknown
funder nationality: FR
public money: true
evidence: C