linux-kernel - Re: ESX Server - GPL violation

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Date:	Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:54:40 +0000
From:	Florian Weimer <fweimer@....de>
To:	Gerhard Wiesinger <lists@...singer.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ESX Server - GPL violation - found proof !?!

* Gerhard Wiesinger:

> More clearly stated that ESX SERVER is based on Linux driver GPL code

Historically, the drivers you mentioned have had close ties to the
corresponding FreeBSD drivers and were dual-licensed.  So it is
possible that Vmware obtained a non-GPL version of those drivers.

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