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VMWare is being sued

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20-06-2015 8:51am

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Johnboy1951

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Linux kernel developer Christoph Hellwig has sued VMware in Hamburg, Germany, over alleged violations of the GNU General Public License.

Hellwig's suit, which is backed by New York-based advocacy group the Software Freedom Conservancy, alleges that VMware's proprietary ESXi hypervisor products use portions of the code that Hellwig wrote for the Linux kernel, in violation of the terms of version 2 of the GPL.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/05/vmware_sued_for_gpl_violation_by_linux_kernel_developer/

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#2 25-06-2015 4:12pm
djmarkus

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Johnboy1951 wrote: »

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/05/vmware_sued_for_gpl_violation_by_linux_kernel_developer/

Although interesting, rather dated: 5 Mar 2015 at 20:59

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#3 25-06-2015 6:02pm
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djmarkus wrote: »

Although interesting, rather dated: 5 Mar 2015 at 20:59

Yes interesting and not posted previously here that I noticed.

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If you at least added your own thoughts it would be ok, I guess, but just posting a link to a year old article is hardly useful.

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#5 09-02-2016 8:33pm
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clearz wrote: »

If you at least added your own thoughts it would be ok, I guess, but just posting a link to a year old article is hardly useful.

Bringing up a 6 month old thread is hardly useful either.

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