From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 17 22:48:40 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C380A16A403; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:48:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from user@dhp.com) Received: from shell.dhp.com (shell.dhp.com [199.4.150.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84A3243CA5; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:48:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from user@dhp.com) Received: by shell.dhp.com (Postfix, from userid 896) id 5AFCF263D0; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:48:31 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:48:31 -0500 (EST) From: Ensel Sharon To: Doug Barton In-Reply-To: <4585BD4C.2030604@FreeBSD.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: legal use of vmware on FreeBSD _not possible_ (informational) X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:48:40 -0000 On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, Doug Barton wrote: > I don't care how much you think you understand about vmware licensing > terms. Your statement, "Your only other option is to break the law" > clearly demonstrates that you don't actually understand anything about > _the law_, which is what I suggested that you stop giving advice about. I'm sorry. I'm not being clear. What I am trying to say is that I spent _months_ on the phone with vmware begging various people to please, please let me buy vmware3 from them. They refused. They said there was no way. Couldn't be done. (Repeat every few days for several weeks) So I finally gave up and just asked them point blank: "Is there any way possible to get a legal copy of vmware 3 from any source besides you ?" "No" The end. It's not my opinion. It's not my advice. It's not my conjecture. It's not my interpretation. I went straight to the source and that was the answer. It sounds like it bothers you even more than it bothers me.