| Dependency | For CineCode/Play? | License |
| boost | Required | Boost Software License, only applies when redistributing the Boost source (slightly similar to LGPL) |
| bzip2 | Optional | Home made, applies mostly to source redistribution, non-misrepresentation of authorship clauses (similar to Public Domain) |
| caca | Optional | Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License (basically public domain) |
| cg | Optional | Freely usable, no copyleft, no reverse engineering |
| gelato | Optional | Proprietary, freeware |
| glew | Required | modified BSD license, the SGI Free Software License B, and the GLX Public License (for differents part of the code) |
| glu | Optional | Some stuff under the SGI Free Software License B |
| glut | Optional | MIT-style |
| libavformat (ffmpeg) | Required | LGPL(mostly) |
| libjpeg | Optional | Freely usable + advertising clause |
| libtiff | Optional | MIT-style |
| libxml2 | Required | MIT License |
| mlt | Optional | LGPL |
| ofx | Optional | MIT-style license |
| openal | Required(OSX) | LGPL |
| opengl | Required | - |
| pkg-config | Required | GPL |
| python | Optional | Python license (similar to Public Domain) |
| qt | Optional | Dual GPL + commercial licenses |
| quicktime | Optional | Proprietary |
| sdl | Required | LGPL |
| sqlite3 | Optional | Public Domain |
| X | Optional | MIT License |
| zlib | Optional | LGPL-like + non-misrepresentation of authorship clauses. |
