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From: Daniel Iliev <danny@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] VMware legal question
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:34:04
Message-Id: 45547E7F.7080801@ilievnet.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] [OT] VMware legal question by Daniel Iliev
1 Daniel Iliev wrote:
2 > I apologize for the offtopic, but I think my question and especially its
3 > answer would be of interest to other list members. I'm concerned about
4 > this because I'll have to do something similar in the near future and I
5 > don't want to break any laws.
6 >
7 >
8 > Is it legal to do the following:
9 >
10 > 1) "emerge vmware-workstation"
11 > 2) build some images (within the 30 day trial period)
12 > 3) "emerge -C vmware-workstation" (within the 30 day trial period)
13 > 4) "emerge vmware-player" and use it to play the images created by
14 > vmware-workstation
15 >
16 >
17 >
18
19 Thanks for your answers, guys!
20
21 Bo, you are right (as usual) - I should have searched before asking, but
22 since it's an OT it never crossed my mind that someone had already
23 posted this question here.
24
25 Raymond, thank you very much for pointing this site out. I think it
26 could come very useful.
27
28 Novensiles, thanks for the straight confirmation!
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31 Everyone, have a nice weekend! :)
32
33 --
34 Best regards,
35 Daniel
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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] VMware legal question Devon Miller <devon.c.miller@×××××.com>