On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 02:07:19PM +0000, vbox-users wrote:
> > From: Chris Green [mailto:c...@isbd.net]
> > 
> > I was just unsubscribing from Avantquest newsletters when I saw that the
> > *sell* VirtualBox for £30.62, is this licensed/allowed by Oracle?
> 
> Define "Sell" and define "Virtualbox."
> 
Here's the website:-
    http://www.avanquest.com/UK/pc-utilities/virtualisation/


> Virtualbox is GPL. Somebody can distribute it and charge for the 
> distribution. 
> But why would anybody bother paying when they could go get it for free? 
> 
Exactly, also the distributor has to do all the right things regarding
providing source code etc. don't they?


> 
> Virtualbox Oracle Extensions is licensed by oracle. If oracle permits a 
> reseller to sell licenses, then yes, it's fine. Most likely, this is what 
> they're talking about, because why would anybody try to sell the GPL product 
> that everyone can get for free? Indeed, 30GBP is about the same or slightly 
> cheaper than the license sold by oracle directly. 
> 
There's no mention of Oracle though, from what one can see of what
they're offering it looks like a pretty bog-standard VirtualBox.

-- 
Chris Green

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