Todd Deshane
2009-Mar-10 01:17 UTC
Xen origins and time line (Was: Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen and gnu gpl)
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Patrick Archibal <bugpb60@hotmail.com> wrote:> In first, thanks for all these informations. > > It seems you have a good knowledge of xen. Maybe, you know big mile stone of > the project ?? > I have just two date : :o( > 2003 --> creation of xen > 2005-- > xen support virtualisation like intel vt et amd pacifica > I dont have more informations. I''m looking for six or seven milestone for my > study ? > Do you have more informations about that ? >http://books.google.com/books?id=XS-Jj7s2nhYC&pg=PA15&dq=running+xen+timeline&ei=Kb61SaaxLYz2MJ6z-eML#PPA15,M1 Cheers, Todd> Thanks > Best regards > Patrick > > >> From: mark.williamson@cl.cam.ac.uk >> To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Re: Xen and gnu gpl >> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 18:15:11 +0000 >> CC: chris.ace@gmx.net >> >> On Monday 09 March 2009 10:02:34 Christian Tramnitz wrote: >> > Im not an lawyer either but I think this has nothing to do with "derived >> > work" and/or kernel vs. userspace but rather with the second answer: the >> > fact that Citrix owns Xen and releases it (kind of) using different >> > licenses, for a more detailed explanation see: >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-licensing >> >> Well, I mentioned that possibility for completeness but the reason that I >> think "derived works" vs "mere aggregation" is important is that Citrix >> actually do not own the copyrights on all of Xen. Some of the code in the >> hypervisor comes from Linux, for instance. Some of it comes from external >> contributors. >> >> They did actually rewrite much of the userspace tools (Xend, XenStored) >> themselves for their closed-source product - therefore they hold all the >> copyrights on those tools - but the hypervisor they use is still GPL and >> can''t >> easily / practically be closed off, even if they wanted to do that. >> >> Cheers, >> Mark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xen-users mailing list >> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > ________________________________ > Votre correspondant a choisi Hotmail et profite d''un stockage quasiment > illimité. Créez un compte Hotmail gratuitement ! > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >-- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users