On Tue, 16 Jul 2019 23:06:41 -0700 Michael Jones <michael.jo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In regards to Oracle, I was delighted when they released under GPL > and remain delighted that they pay Oracle employees to enhance it > and share their work. Excuse me?! 1. VirtualBox was opensourced under GPL by its real creators, the Innotek GmbH. 2. Even before that, VirtualBox was available under so called PUEL license first to developers then also to SMEs -- i.e. to everyone that made install by him or herself. 3. VirtualBox was acquired by the Sun Corporation in 2008 and Sun had put quite a money to make VBox creation/administration GUI tools, including working metal->virtual converters. 4. Then Oracle bought Sun. Many small users expected that PUEL licensing -- as a part of Innotek acquisition deal -- will stay. It stood for the short period Oracle lawyers needed to null PUEL obligations Oracle inherited from Sun. Since then (v5.1 iirc) Virtualbox can be used for free only by pupils and hobbyists. (You're out of PUEL right at the first $1 earned on IT-related work, whether Virtualbox was involved or not). > The name 'Oracle' on that page does not discomfort me Me it disgusts a lot. P.S. This is really OT for the go-nuts list, but the Oracle's "alternative facts" that are spread in many media outlets need correction. I do not blame Michael Jones for falling a prey to that - he's within a legion. Hope this helps, -- Wojciech S. Czarnecki << ^oo^ >> OHIR-RIPE -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/20190717114553.5c6793b7%40zuzia. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
