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Verfasst von icarious am Mo, 01/09/2012 - 00:03

virtualbox-ose suggesting non-free recommendations (Guest Additions)

Projekt:Trisquel
Komponente:License problems
Kategorie:Fehlerbericht
Priorität:critical
Zugewiesen:aklis
Status:closed
Beschreibung

virtualbox-ose recommends installing of "Guest Additions" which has a non-free license, when a user clicks on "Devices" under a running VM. Screenshot attached. Kindly remove the non-free recommendation.

aklis:
Di, 01/10/2012 - 19:14
Komponente:Packages» License problems
Zugewiesen zu:anonymous» aklis
aklis:
Mi, 01/11/2012 - 13:28

As noted in the forum, some files are non-free:

https://www.virtualbox.org/browser/trunk/src/VBox/Additions/WINNT/i8042prt/kbddep.c

And gnu/linux extensions are packaged in trisquel (virtualbox-guest-utils, virtualbox-guest-dkms and virtualbox-guest-x11.

Would be more interesting to create an iso image with just the gnu/linux drivers than remove the menu option?

icarious:
So, 01/15/2012 - 03:27

stefano, it is based on a non-free license PUEL...

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox_PUEL

upstream:
Do, 03/15/2012 - 18:36
Status:active» patch (ready)

Any free distro must provide their own free drivers, so i removed the support for non-guest additions

http://bzr.trisquel.info/package-helpers/branches/aklis/revision/43

icarious:
Do, 03/22/2012 - 08:41

Thanks for providing the fix.. Hope it will be applied to the upcoming Trisquel 5.5 too.

SirGrant:
Fr, 08/17/2012 - 05:55

Can we mark this as closed?

SirGrant:
Mi, 09/19/2012 - 05:30
Version:»
Status:patch (ready)» fixed

Tested on 5.5 and it does not show this under the devices menu.

quidam:
Mi, 10/03/2012 - 05:35
Status:fixed» closed

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.