Samsung UE37B6000VP - Manual (Page 52)

This product uses parts of the software from the Independent JPEG Group.
This product uses parts of the software owned by the Freetype Project (www.freetype.org).
This product uses some software programs which are distributed under the GPL/LGPL license. Accordingly, the following
GPL and LGPL software source codes that have been used in this product can be provided after asking to vdswmanager@
samsung.com.
GPL software: Linux Kernel, Busybox, Binutils
LGPL software: Glibc, ffmpeg, smpeg, libgphoto, libusb, SDL
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