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The VMware House of Cards

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“For those short on time, this article is not about VMware
providing source for the Linux kernel used by ESX–this can already
be downloaded from VMware.

“It is about whether vmkernel, a proprietary blob that can only
be loaded by a Linux kernel, can be considered a derived work of
Linux…”

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