From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@bfk.de>
To: Gerhard Wiesinger <lists@wiesinger.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ESX Server - GPL violation - found proof !?!
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:54:40 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <82fx6sc04v.fsf@mid.bfk.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0912300928070.20863@bbs.intern> (Gerhard Wiesinger's message of "Wed\, 30 Dec 2009 09\:31\:35 +0100 \(CET\)")
* Gerhard Wiesinger:
> More clearly stated that ESX SERVER is based on Linux driver GPL code
Historically, the drivers you mentioned have had close ties to the
corresponding FreeBSD drivers and were dual-licensed. So it is
possible that Vmware obtained a non-GPL version of those drivers.
--
Florian Weimer <fweimer@bfk.de>
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2009-12-30 8:31 ESX Server - GPL violation - found proof !?! Gerhard Wiesinger
2009-12-30 8:54 ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2009-12-30 9:12 ` Gerhard Wiesinger
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