Ludovic Fauvet, developer of VideoLAN (authorized VLC media player download used in Windows) is ferociously charging firms, which pack VLC with spyware and adware, published ZDNet.com dated July 14, 2011.
It maybe worth noting that VLC is one highly-capable multimedia player used across platforms to run nearly all media formats without requiring any extra codec. The media player, which's of open-source nature, is allotted through the GPL (General Public License) of GNU.
Said Fauvet, at VideoLAN, his company was actually tired of all the organizations and websites, which were deceiving its consumers into pulling down malicious software, and infringing upon its IP through the distribution of fake VLC versions that didn't comply with the GPL.
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