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		captainmuon on Oct 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: VirtualBox 7.0 Released – Full VM Encryption Suppo... Is there a documented case of Oracle suing somebody for using VirtualBox on a company network? They have no way of knowing if it is some private person on a guest WiFi or if it is used in production. I know Oracle is famously litigious, but I've only heard about this in cases of CAD software. I'm all for being professional and paying for your tools, but it seems VirtualBox is in the class of "haha I'm not paying for that" like TeamViewer and WinRAR.

_abox on Oct 11, 2022 | [–]

They've done it to my employer. I won't go on the record but it's definitely happening.

forgotpwd16 on Oct 11, 2022 | [–]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33158169

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