Open Source Licenses

MacLC is free software. It is a fork of VLC 4.0.0-dev. The MacLC application code, user interface, and Metal compute shaders are licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later.

The underlying playback engine (libvlccore and libVLC) is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1 or later.

Source Code Availability

Under the terms of the GPL and LGPL, the complete corresponding source code for MacLC is made available publicly at no charge, with no registration or gate:

https://github.com/OZBM/MacLC

You are free to audit, study, modify, compile, and redistribute the source code under the conditions of the respective licenses.

Trademark Notice & Non-Affiliation

MacLC is an independent open-source project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or supported by VideoLAN.

"VLC", "VideoLAN", and the traffic-cone logo are registered trademarks of VideoLAN. MacLC uses none of these trademarks. It has its own name, its own original superellipse icon, and its own bundle identifier (org.maclc.MacLC).

Apple, macOS, Apple Silicon, Metal, VideoToolbox, Liquid Retina XDR, and Pro Display XDR are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

Acknowledgement of VideoLAN

MacLC exists because of the work done by the VideoLAN organization and hundreds of open-source contributors over more than two decades. Their architecture defined universal media decoding. We offer our sincere gratitude to VideoLAN for creating and maintaining this foundational software.

Third-Party Components

MacLC links against established open-source libraries, including FFmpeg, dav1d, and libplacebo. Each library is distributed under its own respective license. Complete copies of all third-party licenses, copyright statements, and source attributions are bundled inside the MacLC application under Contents/Resources/LICENSES/.