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[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Maybe I might use Qemu/KVM instead of Oracle Virtual box cause of their controversies.
(I am using KVM backend on Virtualbox)

[–] sanitation@lemmy.today 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oracle Virtual box - yeah company i used to work for got sued by oracle for using virtualbox. well extensions for it. fyi guys oracle tracks ips of everyone downloading it and their legal team will contact your company and shakedown the money .

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

My former employer just blocked oracle.com when they got the same letter.