[CentOS] guest vms crash host systems
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glarsen at alpha.homedns.org
Wed Oct 5 18:25:05 UTC 2011
On 2011-10-05, at 12:14 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 12:36 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
>>
>>>> Yeah, well, the RHEL stuff I assume is released; their own heavy
>>>> enhancements, I don't know.
>>>
>>> It doesn't matter if someone else released source. Anyone
>>> distributing binaries containing GPL code is supposed to also supply
>>> the matching source along with anything else that becomes part of a
>>> derived work.
>>
>> IIRC, I don't *think* that if you take it and enhance it, you're required
>> to release your commercial enhancements. For example, video drivers,
>> proprietary.
>
>
> The whole point of the GPL is to require the release of source (to
> anyone who gets binaries) of any derived work. Kernel modules aren't
> strictly considered to be derived from the kernel, although there has
> been some speculation that they could be.
>
VMware ESXi is available for free download -I think it's restricted to non-commercial use - but you have to register with VMware first. The VSphere Vcenter console is too.
I have it running on an Intel hardware based home server with half a dozen vm's. It does look and feel a lot like RHEL.
Gordon
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