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Where is vmware source code in GITHUB
Aug 19, 2015 at 2:11pm
Can anyone please point me to the link for vmware workstation's source code in GITHUB?
Aug 19, 2015 at 5:01pm
Are you thinking of VirtualBox? If so, Oracle uses subversion for it and hosts it here: https://www.virtualbox.org/browser
Aug 20, 2015 at 9:30am| Erm... Nowhere. It's a closed source application. |
I've recently been lead to believe that any serious software is on GITHUB or will be making it's way there soon if it is to survive in the future market.
But now I see a company like vmware keeps there source closed in this current world and by doing so, they can ensure they reap the profits deserving to them for their hard work as opposed to having some dick plagiarize it as his own. - I mean, if the source code exist on GITHUB for any tom, dick and harry to see then dick can claim that he can also develop a virtual machine like vmware if he has stolen/reviewed their source.
But with there being no source on GITHUB then dick won't have that chance.
I therefor submit that GITHUB is not such a good thing - maybe only for people like dick.
Aug 20, 2015 at 10:26am
For historical reasons: https://i.imgur.com/LDoHo1s.png
@zepher: you were mislead. Also you are behaving like a troll.
@zepher: you were mislead. Also you are behaving like a troll.
Aug 20, 2015 at 1:04pm
Theoretically, yes. Practically, I've never actually heard of someone outright plagiarizing someone else's code for a profit. A large company like vmware would have no problem releasing their source under a somewhat restrictive license that enabled them to sue your ass to oblivion if you actually attempted what you're suggesting.
Besides that, selling software is not as easy as you might think. vmware's clients in particular tend to be large companies that base their entire infrastructures on vSphere etc. Do you actually think they would migrate to Mom & Pop's Virtualization Solutions to save a few bucks?
On the other hand, if they actually released the source of, for example, Workstation, they would no longer be able to release a new version every six months that changes hardly anything, because you could just run a diff to see the changes.
Besides that, selling software is not as easy as you might think. vmware's clients in particular tend to be large companies that base their entire infrastructures on vSphere etc. Do you actually think they would migrate to Mom & Pop's Virtualization Solutions to save a few bucks?
On the other hand, if they actually released the source of, for example, Workstation, they would no longer be able to release a new version every six months that changes hardly anything, because you could just run a diff to see the changes.
Aug 20, 2015 at 3:37pm
Also. When organizations open-source or partially open-source their code, they accept the possibility that people will use it for free, whether they intend it or not.
The smart for-profit organizations here still end up making money, but not on the product for itself, but rather support for it (see Canonical, Epic Games, even Valve to an extent).
-Albatross
The smart for-profit organizations here still end up making money, but not on the product for itself, but rather support for it (see Canonical, Epic Games, even Valve to an extent).
-Albatross
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