On 06/28/10 9:19 AM, Whit Blauvelt wrote: > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 09:06:43AM -0700, John R Pierce wrote: > > >> I second the emotion on VBox, its a nice piece of work. >> >> Read the license carefully, however. Its no longer free for use as a >> server in a business environment, only free for 'personal' use. Larry >> needs a new boat. >> > They also clarify that 'personal' use can include in a business environment, > if you're just installing on a system here and there and not doing a mass > rollout on multiple machines. But that's from their website. Haven't read > the full license to see how closely their informal synopsis matches the > lawyereese. > what I read said personal use in a business environment meant the VM isn't a server accessed by anyone else. I can run vbox on my office desktop and host a VM for my own use. I can't, however, host a webserver VM that my department uses. but IANAL.