Re: Spinoff: VMWare or VirtualBox

Hi Rick,

Rick Carter wrote:

and is totally free.
Bzzt! Only for non-commercial use.

No, that's not quite true:
1. The Open Source Edition (GPL) is free for any use, it just doesn't have
all the features.
2. The Innotek version is free for personal use, which includes using it for
business and also installing it on your PC at work:
"It doesn't matter whether you just use it for fun or run your multi-million
euro business with it. Also, if you install it on your work PC at some
large company, this is still personal use."

This is from http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Licensing_FAQ

"6. What exactly do you mean by personal use and academic use in the
Personal Use and Evaluation License?

Personal use is when you install the product on one or more PCs yourself and
you make use of it (or even your friend, sister and grandmother). It
doesn't matter whether you just use it for fun or run your multi-million
euro business with it. Also, if you install it on your work PC at some
large company, this is still personal use. However, if you are an
administrator and want to deploy it to the 500 desktops in your company,
this would not qualify as personal use. Well, you could ask each of your
500 employees to install VirtualBox but don't you think we deserve some
money in this case? We'd even assist you with any issue you might have.

Use at academic institutions such as schools, colleges and universities by
both teachers and students is covered. So in addition to the personal use
which is always permitted, academic institutions may also choose to roll
out the software in an automated way to make it available to its students
and personnel."

MfG
twm
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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Linux as a virtual machine on Windows
    ... Derek Broughton wrote: ... Personal use is when you install the product on one or more PCs ... automated way to make it available to its students and personnel. ... (I work for Sun - Gilles.Gravier@xxxxxxx) ...
    (Ubuntu)
  • Re: Spinoff: VMWare or VirtualBox
    ... I use virtualbox quite a lot under Vista and Kubuntu with XP guests. ... Personal use is when you install the product on one or more PCs yourself and you make use of it ... So in addition to the personal use which is always permitted, academic institutions may also choose to roll out the software in an automated way to make it available to its students and personnel. ...
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