VMware VS VirtualBox

[Derek Broughton]

Nils Kassube wrote:

> Ignazio Palmisano wrote:
>> Irving Leonard wrote:
>> > I would like to add something
>> > VirtualBox OSE, in contrast to VirtualBox (the pay one) cames with
>> > NAT network out of the box.
>>
>> The non OSE is free as in beer. The differences are in some
>> functionality, not in the price.
>> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions
> 
> That is not necessarily true. While you can download the PUEL version
> for free, you may not use it for regular commercial installation. From
> the link you posted:
> 
> | The full VirtualBox package is available in binary (executable) form
> | free of charge from the Downloads page. This version is free for
> | personal use and evaluation under the terms of the VirtualBox Personal
> | Use and Evaluation License.
> |
> | If, instead, you wish to purchase licenses for enterprise use and/or
> | enterprise support for VirtualBox, please do not hesitate to contact
> | your Sun representative.
> 
> You can read the full lisence here:
> <http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox_PUEL>

I read that license, and couldn't find anything that said I couldn't use it
on a commercial installation, so I asked Sun, and they told me I could.  I
thought I'd posted the response here, before...
-- 
derek