diff --git a/www/conservancy/static/linux-compliance/vmware-lawsuit-faq.html b/www/conservancy/static/linux-compliance/vmware-lawsuit-faq.html index 1ad10ccd64d8012800a811121970da2ece17a973..c70e7874e04d16a49cc4a9a97ef145e47d143f8c 100644 --- a/www/conservancy/static/linux-compliance/vmware-lawsuit-faq.html +++ b/www/conservancy/static/linux-compliance/vmware-lawsuit-faq.html @@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ Code, and for which (at least some) source code for which is provided. obligations and allow them to keep certain code in their kernel proprietary? +

Many in the media have talked about the possibility that VMware might use some so-called “shim layer” between Linux code and VMware's proprietary code. While, for decades, there has been much talk of @@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ Code, and for which (at least some) source code for which is provided. code in their own kernel, and evidence seems to indicate the work as a whole was developed by modifying Linux code in tandem with modifications to “vmkernel” in a tightly coupled manner.

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Can you give a specific example, with code, showing how VMware combined Linux source code with their binary-only components?
@@ -410,6 +411,8 @@ at bin/vmtar inside Software Foundation
  • The Samba Team
  • +
  • The + SWIG Project
  • Dave Airlie, Linux Developer
  • Matthew Garrett, Linux Developer
  • Grant Likely, Linux Kernel Engineer