I find it hard to believe having to download the extension pack for each release is that much of a PITA. Releases don't come out that frequently and even on the slowest connections the file is not that big. I don't see how it interrupts an "upgrade process". It takes maybe 30 secs to install.
On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Huihong Luo <[email protected]> wrote: > I do have a complete implementation of the USB 2.0 (fully compatible to > vbox), if someone pays, I can submit my code as open source. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Joachim Schiele <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, July 19, 2013 8:50 AM > *Subject:* [vbox-dev] VirtualBox Extension Pack going GPL? > > dear vbox developers and users, > > i would like to get the proprietary parts, especially the VirtualBox > Extension Pack, open source. most of VirtualBox is already open source, > which is a good thing in several regards: > - quality of distro integration and > - debugging > > getting basic OSE virtualbox support is straight forward and better than > any other solution i tried (i'm on linux, i tried vmware/libvirt) for > desktop virtualization. > > in contrast to OSE virtualbox, installing VBox extension pack is a PITA: > - http://nixos.org/wiki/Installing_VirtualBox_on_NixOS > - http://forums-web2.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-717099-start-0.html > - http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/VirtualBox/Installation#Extension-Pack > > it usually forces me to manually download the extension pack which > interrupts my whole upgrade process. and i have to do that on each > upgrade of my system which really costs a lot of time. so here is my > proposal: > > we try to get the 'USB 2.0 support codebase' of the 'VirtualBox > Extension Pack' open source! > > VirtualBox Extension Pack consists of: > * support for USB 2.0 devices > * VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot for Intel cards > * VirtualBox Remote Desktop Protocol (VRDP) support > * Experimental support for PCI passthrough on Linux hosts > > i would like to start with the USB 2.0 support becoming open source and > i think we have several options: > > == 1 == > oracle releases the 'oracle USB 2.0 codebase' as GPL for free - is that > an option? > > == 2 == > we finance the 'oracle USB 2.0 codebase' GPL release via kickstarter > (how much would oracle want for their code?) > > == 3 == > we have the specification so we could finance a 'third party GPL USB 2.0 > codebase', we could finance this via kickstarter as well > > -- > > i would like to have comments on this, especially from oracle. > > thanks to oracle/sun for making virtualbox open source in the first > place - i really love your software. > > best wishes, > joachim schiele > > > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev > >
_______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
