Kevin writes: > I got a 30-day trial license for vmware, thinking to replace my aging > Win4Lin. It seems to work (thanks to folks on this list). But I notice > that now that I've created my VMs, I may not need workstation any > more. I could do very well with the player, which is free. [...] > On that point, what are the ethics of building VMs for others? > What does VMware say about this?
According to an article I just read in the german computer magazine c't (1/2006, I'm a little behind), VMware knows well about this and tolerates private users getting more out of VMware player this way. Even after the 30-day trial time, the demo version still allows creation of VMs. VMware states that this is not really covered by the license agreement, but they will not take legal acts against. Their plan might be to get more users of VMware, and they think that commertial users will pay the price. There are even sites that create VMs intended to run in the player, like <http://www.consolevision.com/members/dcgrendel/vmxform.html> or on <http://petruska.stardock.net/software/VMware/index.html>. Alex -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
