Really I don't care much about the update process and separate download for the extension pack. What I do care about is that it is closed source currently (to my knowledge) and that there is no possibility to trust this closed code. I really would like to see _some_ working GPL implementation of rdesktop. USB and PCI passthrough are not important for me.
Regards, Stephan On Fri, 19 Jul 2013 13:28:19 -0400 Louis King Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
