I am maintaining an open source project which provides Linux virtual machines for use in development through Vagrant. The project's website is https://github.com/phusion/open-vagrant-boxes. This project provides both VirtualBox virtual machines and VMWare virtual machines. The VMWare virtual machines should come with the VMWare Tools preinstalled.
Because these virtual machines must be compatible with Docker, they must come with Linux kernel 3.8. Unfortunately, the VMWare Tools as provided by VMWare Fusion 5 (which is the version that I have) do not install correctly against Linux kernel 3.8, so I have to patch it. This brings me to my questions:
- What are the licensing terms for the VMWare Tools? I cannot find a license file inside the archive.
- Is it allowed to patch the tools?
- Is it allowed to redistribute the VMWare Tools archive file? Being allowed to will make automated installation much easier.
- Who should I ask? I cannot find an obvious contact address at VMWare Inc for this question.