Re: Integrate VMware and Gnome

[Miles Lane <miles amazon com>]

It seems to me that Open Source Software developers should 
care about interoperating well with both open and closed source
software products.  I have heard a lot of good things about VMWare
and I think it's bad form to snub a request for interoperability
information.  Of course, it would be delightful if they wanted to
open up key parts of their source code using LGPL.  Then we could
attack the interoperability for both sides.

	Miles

Dennis Lee wrote:
> 
> Regis Duchesne wrote:
> >
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > Cool title eh? I'm in charge of making sure that VMware installs on
> > Linux as beautifully as it does on Windows, and I have a few questions
> > and remarks about this. I know this mail is long. My goal is triple:
> >
> >  . I don't want to annoy you
> >
> >  . I want to solve a real-world case: a third party company wants to
> >    install its product on top of your software, and I want to make sure that
> >    it is possible without you needing an access to that third company
> >    sources.
> 
> I should not say this: but you want the gnome developers to share there
> hard work (source code), and give you technical help, so your closed
> source product will....?
> 
> Perhaps I do not understand.
> 
> Dennis Lee
> 
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