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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe