On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 10:45:42AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > And more. It's in fact one of the most blatant violations of the > > Linux 2.4 kernel copyrights. Don't expect support if you use such > > an illegal product. > > really? > this is the first time i hear that ESX is an "illegal" product from the point > of view of the kernel community. > afaik, the esx kernel (vmnix) is a completely different product and for > example, the source of the linux drivers they have modified to run under ESX > are made available for download, as GPL tells them to do. > > what`s the problem here?
It's a modified linux kernel with hooks for a big binary module that takes over part of the control. It's rather hard to argue that it's not a derived work. Especially as they reuse various I/O subsystem of the kernel that has been parasited. > can you provide a link to some thread where this has been discussed? I don't think so. > something to be resolved with the help of gpl-violations.org ? I haven't found any evidence that they are using enough code that gpl-violations.org has the right to defend. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
