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From: Daniel Iliev <danny@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] VMware legal question
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:09:39
Message-Id: 4557381A.8010601@ilievnet.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] VMware legal question by Alexander Skwar
1 Alexander Skwar wrote:
2 > · Daniel Iliev <danny@××××××××.com>:
3 >
4 >
5 >> Is it legal to do the following:
6 >>
7 >> 1) "emerge vmware-workstation"
8 >> 2) build some images (within the 30 day trial period)
9 >> 3) "emerge -C vmware-workstation" (within the 30 day trial period)
10 >> 4) "emerge vmware-player" and use it to play the images created by
11 >> vmware-workstation
12 >>
13 >
14 > That might be legal, but why don't you go the absolutely legal
15 > way and use vmware-server instead of vmware-workstation?
16 >
17 > Alexander Skwar
18 >
19
20 I have no strong reason for choosing vmw-workstation. There are two
21 minor things that make me prefer it:
22
23 - I am familiar with vmw-workstation and I've never seen vmw-server
24 - VMW-Server is beta version and masked as testing package
25
26
27 If there were any legal issues with vmw-workstation I would use
28 vmw-server or try the site pointed by Mr. Raymond Lewis Rebbeck:
29 http://www.easyvmx.com/
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33 Best regards,
34 Daniel
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[gentoo-user] Re: Re: [OT] VMware legal question Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name>