virtualbox von Oracle

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Hi,

 

Ich habe 2 Fragen:

 

1. ist virtualbox kostenlos für Firmen?

2. kann ich mit virtualbox vmware Datein öffnen bzw. mit virtualbox nutzen, wenn nicht gibt es tool zum umschreiben?

auf virtualbox?

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1. Ja (es gibt mehrere Versionen, die Kostenflichtige kann mehr)

2. Ja. Vmdk und Vhd kann direkt geöffnet werden

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zu 1. wenn ich nur die kostenlose version nehme, bleibt es dann auch kostenlos für die Firma?

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Wie wärs, wenn du die Lizenzbedingungen einfach mal liest:

 

Licensing_FAQ - VirtualBox

 

Downloads - VirtualBox

VirtualBox platform packages. The binaries are released under the terms of the GPL version 2.

 

GPL2 -> Kostenlos

 

VirtualBox 4.0.10 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack All platforms

Support for USB 2.0 devices, VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot for Intel cards. See this chapter from the User Manual for an introduction to this Extension Pack. The Extension Pack binaries are released under the VirtualBox Personal Use and Evaluation License (PUEL).

 

PUEL ->

In summary, the VirtualBox PUEL allows you to use VirtualBox free of charge

* for personal use or, alternatively,

* for product evaluation.

 

 

Btw. im FAQ stht noch folgendes:

6. What exactly do you mean by personal use and academic use in the Personal Use and Evaluation License?

 

Personal use is when you install the product on one or more PCs yourself and you make use of it (or even your friend, sister and grandmother). It doesn't matter whether you just use it for fun or run your multi-million euro business with it. Also, if you install it on your work PC at some large company, this is still personal use. However, if you are an administrator and want to deploy it to the 500 desktops in your company, this would no longer qualify as personal use. Well, you could ask each of your 500 employees to install VirtualBox but don't you think we deserve some money in this case? We'd even assist you with any issue you might have.