VirtualBox guest tools, upstream and distributions

[Michael Thayer]

Hello Karanbir,

Not quite sure what you mean with the licencing model - we distribute 
most of our code under the GPL, with a couple of hooks for proprietary 
add-ons like USB2+ - though that is all on the host side, the guest side 
is entirely GPL.  (Actually the OS/2 part is not all due to licences on 
OS/2 libraries and headers.  It never seemed important enough to do 
anything about.)

Does a lightning talk sound good?  That is fifteen minutes plus 
questions/discussion, isn't it?

Thanks and regards,

Michael

On 02.12.2015 10:27, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> On 02/12/15 09:01, Michael Thayer wrote:
>> I was wondering whether the topic of how the VirtualBox guest tools are
>> packaged by distributions would be a reasonable subject for a lightning
>> talk, assuming you still have space for one?  So far I haven't got my
>> act together to submit one (too busy developing), but I might still do.
>>   I would like to keep it short, as I am more interested in listening and
>> conversing than telling people things (and I must admit in getting a bit
>> more contact with the people involved).  The basic tenor would be: so
>> far we have tried to keep our guest tools out of distributions, as we
>> like to be able to upgrade them on distribution versions which are no
>> longer well maintained, but distributions are keen to provide them in
>> versions which are maintained.
>
> sounds like a great subject, if you can - it would be great to get a
> lowdown on the licensing model and how that impacts some of these
> packaging / delivery models as well.
>
> one of the key areas for the distro devroom is upstream engagement, and
> this fits right in there very nicely.
>
> Regards,
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