Is that really needed these days? It is GPLv2 I think ... https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Licensing_FAQ What are “VirtualBox Guest Additions”? The “VirtualBox Guest Additions” are a set of software drivers and utilities that are shipped as a subset of the VirtualBox base package and that are installed inside a virtual machine for better performance and usability. Like the VirtualBox base package, the VirtualBox Guest Additions are licensed under the GPLv2.
You could've quoted a better bit :P Can I redistribute VirtualBox Guest Additions? Yes. The GPLv2 allows you to distribute the VirtualBox Guest Additions, in modified or unmodified form, as long as you adhere to the terms and conditions of the GPLv2. Anyway, yes, the only restrictions are on the Oracle extension pack (not this package).
(In reply to Sam James from comment #1) > You could've quoted a better bit :P Yes, I should have read the next item too :)
Would be really nice if this could be fixed quickly. At work vbox is DNS blocked so we cannot download even the free stuff.
(In reply to Joakim Tjernlund from comment #3) > Would be really nice if this could be fixed quickly. > At work vbox is DNS blocked so we cannot download even the free stuff. It's pending in https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/27894.
(In reply to Sam James from comment #4) > (In reply to Joakim Tjernlund from comment #3) > > Would be really nice if this could be fixed quickly. > > At work vbox is DNS blocked so we cannot download even the free stuff. > > It's pending in https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/27894. 6.1.40 too, pretty please?
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=b43cbc459470bf02cd7e72748ba5c9fd3afc4bd3 commit b43cbc459470bf02cd7e72748ba5c9fd3afc4bd3 Author: Viorel Munteanu <ceamac.paragon@gmail.com> AuthorDate: 2022-10-29 09:15:26 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2022-10-30 09:57:07 +0000 app-emulation/virtualbox-additions: drop RESTRICT="mirror" Drop RESTRICT="mirror" from the stable release too Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/878457 Signed-off-by: Viorel Munteanu <ceamac.paragon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> app-emulation/virtualbox-additions/virtualbox-additions-6.1.36.ebuild | 1 - app-emulation/virtualbox-additions/virtualbox-additions-6.1.38.ebuild | 1 - app-emulation/virtualbox-additions/virtualbox-additions-6.1.40.ebuild | 3 --- 3 files changed, 5 deletions(-)
Cherry-picked so you have it ready for Monday :)
(In reply to Sam James from comment #7) > Cherry-picked so you have it ready for Monday :) Thanks alot !
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=163818456de75b666fd88d18da9c8e7ed6bc8720 commit 163818456de75b666fd88d18da9c8e7ed6bc8720 Author: Viorel Munteanu <ceamac.paragon@gmail.com> AuthorDate: 2022-10-14 06:38:52 +0000 Commit: Viorel Munteanu <ceamac@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2022-11-02 06:39:42 +0000 app-emulation/virtualbox-additions: add 7.0.2 Drop RESTRICT="mirror" Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/878457 Signed-off-by: Viorel Munteanu <ceamac.paragon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Viorel Munteanu <ceamac@gentoo.org> app-emulation/virtualbox-additions/Manifest | 1 + .../virtualbox-additions-7.0.2.ebuild | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
