[vbox-dev] VirtualBox Extension Pack going GPL?

[Stephan von Krawczynski]

Really I don't care much about the update process and separate download for
the extension pack. What I do care about is that it is closed source currently
(to my knowledge) and that there is no possibility to trust this closed code.
I really would like to see _some_ working GPL implementation of rdesktop. USB
and PCI passthrough are not important for me.

Regards,
Stephan


On Fri, 19 Jul 2013 13:28:19 -0400
Louis King Jr <inlieuoflou at gmail.com> wrote:

> I find it hard to believe having to download the extension pack for each
> release is that much of a PITA. Releases don't come out that frequently and
> even on the slowest connections the file is not that big. I don't see how
> it interrupts an "upgrade process". It takes maybe 30 secs to install.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Huihong Luo <huisinro at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > I do have a complete implementation of the USB 2.0 (fully compatible to
> > vbox), if someone pays, I can submit my code as open source.
> >
> >   ------------------------------
> >  *From:* Joachim Schiele <js-vbox at lastlog.de>
> > *To:* vbox-dev at virtualbox.org
> > *Sent:* Friday, July 19, 2013 8:50 AM
> > *Subject:* [vbox-dev] VirtualBox Extension Pack going GPL?
> >
> > dear vbox developers and users,
> >
> > i would like to get the proprietary parts, especially the VirtualBox
> > Extension Pack, open source. most of VirtualBox is already open source,
> > which is a good thing in several regards:
> > - quality of distro integration and
> > - debugging
> >
> > getting basic OSE virtualbox support is straight forward and better than
> > any other solution i tried (i'm on linux, i tried vmware/libvirt) for
> > desktop virtualization.
> >
> > in contrast to OSE virtualbox, installing VBox extension pack is a PITA:
> > - http://nixos.org/wiki/Installing_VirtualBox_on_NixOS
> > - http://forums-web2.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-717099-start-0.html
> > - http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/VirtualBox/Installation#Extension-Pack
> >
> > it usually forces me to manually download the extension pack which
> > interrupts my whole upgrade process. and i have to do that on each
> > upgrade of my system which really costs a lot of time. so here is my
> > proposal:
> >
> > we try to get the 'USB 2.0 support codebase' of the 'VirtualBox
> > Extension Pack' open source!
> >
> > VirtualBox Extension Pack consists of:
> > * support for USB 2.0 devices
> > * VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot for Intel cards
> > * VirtualBox Remote Desktop Protocol (VRDP) support
> > * Experimental support for PCI passthrough on Linux hosts
> >
> > i would like to start with the USB 2.0 support becoming open source and
> > i think we have several options:
> >
> > == 1 ==
> > oracle releases the 'oracle USB 2.0 codebase' as GPL for free - is that
> > an option?
> >
> > == 2 ==
> > we finance the 'oracle USB 2.0 codebase' GPL release via kickstarter
> > (how much would oracle want for their code?)
> >
> > == 3 ==
> > we have the specification so we could finance a 'third party GPL USB 2.0
> > codebase', we could finance this via kickstarter as well
> >
> > --
> >
> > i would like to have comments on this, especially from oracle.
> >
> > thanks to oracle/sun for making virtualbox open source in the first
> > place - i really love your software.
> >
> > best wishes,
> > joachim schiele
> >
> >
> >
> >
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