<p>This open sourcing concerned all the software developed by the VideoLAN project, including <em>VideoLAN Client</em>, <em>VideoLAN Server</em>, <em>VideoLAN Bridge</em>, <em>VideoLAN Channel Switcher</em>, but also libraries to decode DVDs, like <em>libdca</em>, <em>liba52</em> or <em>libmpeg2</em>.</p>
<p>At that time, this was a risky decision for the <ahref="https://www.centralesupelec.fr/">École Centrale Paris</a>, and the VideoLAN project is very grateful.</em>
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<h3>Evolution</h3>
<p>Since then, the project evolved to become a French non-profit organization, and continued developing numerous solutions around the free software multimedia world.</p>