VLC aka fara tsayawa ga "VideoLAN Client" a lokacin da VLC wani abokin ciniki na VideoLAN aikin. Amma tun VLC ba kawai abokin ciniki, cewa initialism ba ya shafi. An yi nufin su kunshi wani abokin ciniki da kuma uwar garke zuwa jera videos daga tauraron dan adam jita-jita a fadin wani harabar cibiyar sadarwa. Asali ci gaba da dalibai a École Centrale Paris, shi ne yanzu ci gaba da masu ba da gudummawa a duk duniya da kuma aka gudanar da VideoLAN, a kungiyar ba da riba. Sake rubutawa daga fashewa a 1998, shi aka saki a karkashin GNU Janar Jama'a License a kan Fabrairu 1, 2001, tare da izinin daga Headmaster na École Centrale Paris.
Richard Øiestad