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Skriven 2006-03-18 22:40:00 av MARTIN ATKINS (1:123/140)
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AZ> In article <18777$fido.en.os.win95@JamNNTPd>,
AZ>  "MARTIN ATKINS -> JAY EMRIE" <1:123/140> wrote:

JE>> Zero for Linux ---- 100 for XP!

MA> I don't see it that way. Linux can see an XP partition but XP
MA> can't see Linux partitions. Also VMware was designed by open source
MA> developers and then ported to WIN. Although it is not under GNU
MA> license it is _not_ a Microsoft development....

AZ> I don't think VMWare is now or has ever been an open source project.
AZ> (Hopefully, someone will correct me if I'm wrong).

When i first came across VMware it was touted as a way to run Win
sessions in a Linux environment but as it is a commercial product
i have never used it. It was i think a little later ported to Win.

If you have it installed and the libraries are available then by
my definition it is open source. Firefox, OpenOffice and other
applications fall into this category. It doesn't mean they fall
into the GNU licensing regime. I don't have VMware installed but
if the libraries are available then it is as far as i'm concerned
open source. 

AZ> While it's not a Microsoft product and has long had both Linux and
AZ> Windows versions, neither of these makes it open source.

Open source doesn't mean free. There is nothing wrong with being open
source and commercial. You need to read the vendors license to see
under what terms you may use the product and if at all hack code.
Certainly you may not distribute hacked versions of any commercial 
software. 

AZ> It's long been a commercial product... recently, as it's seemed like MS
AZ> would include virtualization as a feature in at least some of the many

So MS is trying to catch up with open source developers. ;)

AZ> Windows Vista versions, VMWare has made some of their products
AZ> available for free-- but that still doesn't make them open source.

Open source means the code is readable. It has nothing to do with it 
being free. The GNU license doesn't govern all open source applications
and it was never meant to. Like all software you should read the vendors
license and abide by it. 

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