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VirtualBox 7.1 Released with Qt 6 GUI, Wayland Support for Clipboard Sharing - 9to5Linux (9to5linux.com)

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[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 21 points 2 years ago

I just looked all this over and, just to clarify, both VirtualBox itself and the Guest Additions are free and released under GPL3.

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Licensing_FAQ

What is not free is the separately downloadable “VirtualBox Extension Pack”.

As long as you stay away from the “Extension Pack”, you are ok.

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