From d2ff612b5e0138bafe53dc2a605b802d28764da7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexis de Lattre Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 01:49:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Link to the GPL licence GFDL licence know used for the licence --- doc/vlc-howto.sgml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/vlc-howto.sgml b/doc/vlc-howto.sgml index 4a34da20b2..e8c5dbbf36 100644 --- a/doc/vlc-howto.sgml +++ b/doc/vlc-howto.sgml @@ -34,20 +34,24 @@ What is the VideoLAN project ?

- VideoLAN is a complete software solution for video streaming, developed - by students at the and contributors from all over the world, under the General - Public License (GPL). It has been designed for streaming MPEG 1 and MPEG - 2 videos on local area networks (LAN), but it can be extended to - metropolitan or wide area networks (MAN, WAN), - thanks to the multicast technology. - The VideoLAN solution includes a server, which can stream video from - various sources (file, DVD, satellite, camera, ...), a client, which can - receive, decode and display MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 streams and, if necessary, - a channel server which tells automatically to the client the parameters - needed to receive the stream. - + VideoLAN is a complete software solution for video streaming, developed + by students at the and contributors from all over the world, under the . It has been designed for streaming MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 videos on + local area networks (LAN), but it can be extended to metropolitan or + wide area networks (MAN, WAN), thanks to the multicast technology. + + The VideoLAN solution includes a server, which can stream video from + various sources (file, DVD, satellite and MPEG 2 encoder), a client, which can + receive, decode and display MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 streams and, if necessary, + a channel server which tells automatically to the client the parameters + needed to receive the stream. + + Here is an illustration of the complete VideoLAN solution : + + DVD --->- Unicast/Broadcast/Multicast \ --- @@ -62,9 +66,10 @@ | Channel Server | | (VLCS) | ---------------- - - More details about the project can be found on the - . + + + More details about the project can be found on the + .

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- In this HOWTO, we consider you already have a little knowledge about - Linux, and you know how to use a DVD. If not, good howtos can be - found on the Linux Documentation Projet. + + In this HOWTO, we consider you already have a little knowledge + about Linux, and you know how to use a DVD. If not, good howtos + can be found on the . +

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- Copyright (©) 2001-2002 by the VideoLAN project. This document may be - distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in - . + + Copyright (©) 2002 by the VideoLAN project. + + Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document + under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version + 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation ; + with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no + Back-Cover Texts. The text of the license can be found on . +

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