Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752364AbZL3Iym (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:54:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752070AbZL3Iym (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:54:42 -0500 Received: from mx01.bfk.de ([193.227.124.2]:35689 "EHLO mx01.bfk.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751938AbZL3Iyl convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:54:41 -0500 To: Gerhard Wiesinger Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ESX Server - GPL violation - found proof !?! References: From: Florian Weimer Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:54:40 +0000 In-Reply-To: (Gerhard Wiesinger's message of "Wed\, 30 Dec 2009 09\:31\:35 +0100 \(CET\)") Message-ID: <82fx6sc04v.fsf@mid.bfk.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 741 Lines: 18 * 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 BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstra?e 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/