Date: Mon, 6 May 2019 20:49:49 +0200 From: Tomasz CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> To: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-usb@freebsd.org>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> Subject: Re: VirtualBox Extensions Pack (for USB and Video) Message-ID: <CAFYkXjmZhftTtH-mAfdeeQ6mv8ECJFFeE93ShMWxh6Bu7GRE1g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <bf4789e9-3cfd-1403-22c9-9674c0a52d23@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAFYkXjnT5iunTh=RkkT7BRKL3P4wF22_ToSJX_3j5_YyV_gWzw@mail.gmail.com> <bf4789e9-3cfd-1403-22c9-9674c0a52d23@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 8:25 PM Jung-uk Kim <jkim@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 19. 5. 2., Tomasz CEDRO wrote: > > Hello world! > > Are there any plans to implement VirtualBox Extension Pack on FreeBSD? > > That would allow USB 2.0 + 3.0 support and better screen acceleration > > + integration, etc. USB support seems most desirable and important, > > especially for hardware hacking which is quite limited at the moment > > to USB 1.0. With great USB stack that FreeBSD already has it should be > > possible to implement those Extensions for VirtualBox right? :-) > > Unfortunately, there is no way to port VirtualBox Extension Pack because > it is NOT open sourced. In fact, it is governed by a different license. > https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox_PUEL > Jung-uk Kim Thank you Kim! Did not realize that ugly licensing of the Extension Pack (except its buggy as hell and allows hijacking the hypervisor host machine). But, if the Core VirtualBox is GPL2 then API should be open too and maybe its time for some Open-Source alternative? :-) @HPS have you ever considered such operation? If the FreeBSD's USB can be shared to the userland, maybe that could be also shared to the Virtual Machine? Best regards, Tomek -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info
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