VLC Media Player: Open Source Software Audit & Automation

Student Name: ALOK KUMAR
Registration No: 24BEC10141
Course: Open Source Software (Capstone Project)

Project Overview

This repository contains a comprehensive audit of VLC Media Player as part of an Open Source Software study. The project explores the origin, licensing (GPL v2), and technical footprint of VLC on a Linux (Ubuntu) system. Additionally, it includes five custom automation scripts designed for system auditing and log analysis.

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Audit Focus

• Philosophy: Understanding the VideoLAN history and the GPL "Copyleft" model.
• Linux Footprint: Analysis of binary locations (/usr/bin/vlc) and security constraints (Root restriction).
• Ecosystem: Dependency mapping including FFmpeg and the Qt toolkit.

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Included Shell Scripts

The scripts/ folder contains five utility tools developed for this audit:

1. System Identity Report: Extracts OS and kernel details.
2. FOSS Package Inspector: Checks VLC installation and version.
3. Disk & Permission Auditor: Scans directory sizes and ownership.
4. Log File Analyzer: Searches system logs for critical errors.
5. Manifesto Generator: An interactive script to document personal OSS views.

How to Run the Audit

To execute the scripts on your Ubuntu system, navigate to the folder and use:

chmod +x script_name.sh
./script_name.sh