RE: [Xen-users] Xen License

[Simon Hobson <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jonathan Tripathy wrote:

> I of course understand that I have to pay for Microsoft SPLA 
> licensing. This is pretty simple (that I need to pay). But the 
> person on the phone seemed to start telling me that renting Linux 
> VMs out was "illegal" without paying...
Well actually Microsoft **claim** that use of Linux without a license 
from MS is illegal - because MS **claim** that Linux infringes on 
their patents. So far they have absolutely refused to say what they 
claim infringes on what patents. This is in fact quite likely, but 
unless MS are prepared to say what they think infringes on what, then 
it's hard to do anything about it.
But apart from that, which is clearly designed to frighten off 
business managers from using Linux (as in, use Linux and we'll burn 
your business in court), it is none of their business what you do 
with Linux and other FOSS.
> So let's say I have a Xen hypervisor, Ubuntu Dom0 and 40 Ubuntu 
> DomUs, there is no money to pay here right?
Not a penny :-)

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