Forty bucks!! Ouch!! Better than the price of VMware though!!! I like our
project better!!!!
Drew Northup, N1XIM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of David B.Harris
> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 4:00 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: plex86 video proposal
>
>
> To quote James Hollingshead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> # On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 09:18:53PM -0500, Kenneth C. Arnold wrote:
> # >
> # > Speaking of VMWare, has anyone realized that all the kernel-level code
> # > for VMWare is (and has to be) open-source?
> #
> # I don't think it is you know. Their kernel code is all in a module,
> # and Linux has stated he doesn't consider modules to be part of the
> # kernel as far as the GPL goes (this being in order to allow binary
> # modules). This also applies for the vmware modules. Their source code
> # is availiable so they can compile on different kernels, but it has an
> # "All Rights Reserved" copyright notice at the top of each file, and I
> # assume is therefore under the same license as the rest of their
> # product.
>
> If that's the case, you might want to take a look at Win4Lin,
http://www.trelos.com . They're doing what plex86 is doing, and I'd suggest
Win4Lin over VMWare for most people any day. They need a kernel patch, and
it's open.
Dave
