Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:37:32 -0800 (PST) From: Stefan Molnar <stefan@csudsu.com> To: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: VMWare licensing Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011271936190.10599-100000@clockwork.csudsu.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1001127213502.88537B-100000@localhost>
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You can DL VMWare freely. But here is the catch. You must pay to get the KEY to use it. That is the gotcha. On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Chris Hill wrote: > Does FreeBSD, Inc. have some special deal set up with VMWare? AFAIK > VMWare has always been commercial (pay) software, yet it's in the ports > collection. I'm not complaining, but what's up with that? > > Also, there is a note on VMWare's web site stating "On Dec. 4 our > company will discontinue the current hobbyist pricing and begin charging > a standard $299 fee..." Will this policy change on their part have any > effect on VMWare's existence as a port? > > Thanks. > > -- > Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org > [1] Bus error netscape > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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