VLC yaimbomirira "VideoLAN Client" apo VLC yaiva mutengi weVideoLAN project. Asi sezvo VLC isisina kungova mutengi, kuti initialism haisisina kushanda. Yakanga yakagadzirirwa kuumbwa nemutengi uye server kuti iite mavhidhiyo kubva kuma satellite dishes kuburikidza nekambasi network. Pakutanga yakagadzirwa nevadzidzi paÉcole Centrale Paris, ikozvino yakagadzirwa nevanobatsira munyika yose uye inotungamirirwa neVideoLAN, sangano risingabatsiri. Yakanyorwa kubva pakutanga muna 1998, yakabudiswa pasi peGNU General Public License musi waFebruary 1, 2001, nekubvumirwa kubva kumukuru weÉcole Centrale Paris.
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