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On Thursday 07 September 2006 16:37, reader@×××××××.com wrote: |
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> When users install vmware via portage what is the procedure with |
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> licensing. |
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> |
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> When I attempt to powerup a vmware guest I get dunned for a |
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> license. and sent to vmware homepage where I can get a free 30 |
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> day trial or pay. |
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> |
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> I understood this thing was open-source and one of the installed |
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> files is: |
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> /usr/share/doc/vmware-workstation-5.5.1.19175-r4/open_source_lice |
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>nses.txt.gz |
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> |
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> So what is user expected to do here? A search of vmware on |
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> gmane for this list didn't turn up any discussion of that point. |
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You need to buy a licence for vmware-workstation. However, |
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vmware-server and vmware-player are currently free and both are in |
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portage. |
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Peter |
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Gentoo Linux: Portage 2.1.1_rc1-r6. kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r5. |
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2006 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64. gcc(GCC): 4.1.1. |
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KDE: 3.5.4. Qt: 3.3.6. |
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