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VMWare is being sued

20-06-2015 07:51AM

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Johnboy1951

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Linux kernel developer Christoph Hellwig has sued VMware in Hamburg, Germany, over alleged violations of the GNU General Public License.

Hellwig's suit, which is backed by New York-based advocacy group the Software Freedom Conservancy, alleges that VMware's proprietary ESXi hypervisor products use portions of the code that Hellwig wrote for the Linux kernel, in violation of the terms of version 2 of the GPL.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/05/vmware_sued_for_gpl_violation_by_linux_kernel_developer/

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#2 25-06-2015 03:12PM

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Johnboy1951 wrote: »

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/05/vmware_sued_for_gpl_violation_by_linux_kernel_developer/

Although interesting, rather dated: 5 Mar 2015 at 20:59

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#3 25-06-2015 05:02PM

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djmarkus wrote: »

Although interesting, rather dated: 5 Mar 2015 at 20:59

Yes interesting and not posted previously here that I noticed.

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#4 09-02-2016 03:35PM

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If you at least added your own thoughts it would be ok, I guess, but just posting a link to a year old article is hardly useful.

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#5 09-02-2016 07:33PM

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clearz wrote: »

If you at least added your own thoughts it would be ok, I guess, but just posting a link to a year old article is hardly useful.

Bringing up a 6 month old thread is hardly useful either.

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