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FS#3362 - Add VMware Player to Extra

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Eugenia Loli-Queru (Eugenia) - Thursday, 20 October 2005, 04:01 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture not specified
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

I just tried to install the new gem in the Linux software releases: VMWare Player. People need this app, especially geek people that use Arch.

Well, the app is un-installable by a normal user. It requires a lot of tinkering in the perl installer to make this thing installed correctly.

Please "port" VMWare Player for the Arch subsystem, in such a way that when is installed via pacman and after loading it as '/etc/rc.d/vmware start', it works.
This task depends upon

Closed by  arjan timmerman (blaasvis)
Saturday, 11 February 2006, 13:46 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Additional comments about closing:  well seems it is impossible to implemneted without violating the vmware eula.
Comment by Dale Blount (dale) - Friday, 21 October 2005, 14:21 GMT
what's the license on this?
Comment by Eugenia Loli-Queru (Eugenia) - Friday, 21 October 2005, 17:59 GMT
It's a freeware. No more open or closed than Opera which is already in the repos.
Comment by Eugenia Loli-Queru (Eugenia) - Sunday, 18 December 2005, 08:46 GMT
Anyone working on this? VMWare is important!
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Monday, 19 December 2005, 13:12 GMT
Yes, at least for me. :-)
I am working on two companies at the same time.
In my first workplace I have Arch Linux (FTP install + Testing repo) on VMware Workstation 5.5 on Windows XP.
On my second workplace I have good server with Debian Sarge and VMware too.
My WinXP machine is too weak for running 3 VMware machines at the same time :-) so I plan to replace Debian with Arch. :-)
It would be good if there will be binary vmware or/and vmware-player in extra or community.
Comment by Dale Blount (dale) - Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 13:24 GMT
2.2 No Modification. You may not adapt, translate, alter or modify the Software in any way, including without limitation, remove the installer program, electronic end user license agreement, "About" screen, or any copyright or other proprietary notice that appears in the Software. You may not integrate, bundle, distribute or use the Software with any other software, plug-in or enhancement that uses or relies upon the Software when converting or transforming the VMware virtual machine format into other virtual machine formats. You may not subject the Software to any license terms that require or purport to require any product, technology, service, documentation or intellectual property (“Property”) to be subject to another license or otherwise share such Property with any other parties.

They won't let us remove the installer program, which means the files can't be tracked by pacman, no sense in us bundling it then, you'll have to install from their .tar.gz package.
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 14:09 GMT
So distribution of binary vmware packages is illegal.
And what about ABS?
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 14:11 GMT
There is vmware-workstation in AUR [unsupported]
Is this legal?
Comment by Dale Blount (dale) - Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 14:24 GMT
any PKGBUILD of vmware probably isn't legal since it would have to modify/remove the installer.
Comment by Eugenia Loli-Queru (Eugenia) - Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 19:59 GMT
I was asking for VMWare Player, not VMWare. Is VMWare Player's EULA the same as Workstation's?
Comment by Dale Blount (dale) - Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 20:06 GMT
The part I quoted was from vmware player's EULA.

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