[Nottingham] User-mode-linux alternatives

[Martin Garton]

>> Those of you with a "strictly F/OSS, (L)GPL, BSD or similar" licensing
>> bent will not like Qemu as it has a proprietary, closed-source,
>> binary-only accelerator module (which I hasten to add is quite
>> spectacular in the speed bump it gives).
>>
>> I've used qemu on a number of occasions, usually for POC testing
>> before going into a hardware based test.
>
> This has piqued my interest, but I'd prefer to stick to FOSS solutions
> ;) Thanks for the suggestion none-the-less.
>

Actually, qemu itself has a GPL license. It is only the (optional) kqemu
module that is not FOSS, and even that has a third party drop-in
replacement that is.  See the qemu mailing list archives for more info.

Cheers,
Martin.