This is Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the creator of the VLC media player, he refused tens of millions of euros in order to keep VLC ads-free. Merci, Jean!

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image showing This is Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the creator of the VLC media player, he refused tens of millions of euros in order to keep VLC ads-free. Merci, Jean!

johnny2s on December 6th, 2017 at 04:15 UTC »

Cheers to this fine gent, I love VLC media player.

neverEverEverPost on December 6th, 2017 at 08:00 UTC »

FTA:

I did not create VLC. I joined the Ecole Centrale Paris in 2003, and I've been leading the project since 2007. I created the VideoLAN non-profit though :)

SentientPeach on December 6th, 2017 at 08:31 UTC »

I don't think I'd have it in me to refuse that kind of wealth