{"id":64373,"date":"2024-06-05T19:44:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T18:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/64373\/virtualbox-oracle-vm-virtualbox-extension-pack-licence-trap-uninstallation\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T19:44:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T18:44:12","slug":"virtualbox-oracle-vm-virtualbox-extension-pack-licence-trap-uninstallation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/64373\/virtualbox-oracle-vm-virtualbox-extension-pack-licence-trap-uninstallation\/","title":{"rendered":"VirtualBox: Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack, licence trap, uninstallation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VirtualBox is free of charge, but the use of the &#8220;Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack&#8221; harbours financial risks.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>VirtualBox is basically free of charge. It is open source and is licensed under the GPL licence. This means that commercial use is also possible.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/64373\/virtualbox-oracle-vm-virtualbox-extension-pack-licence-trap-uninstallation\/#Licence_trap_Extension_Pack\" >Licence trap Extension Pack<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/64373\/virtualbox-oracle-vm-virtualbox-extension-pack-licence-trap-uninstallation\/#Check_whether_the_extension_pack_has_been_installed\" >Check whether the extension pack has been installed<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/64373\/virtualbox-oracle-vm-virtualbox-extension-pack-licence-trap-uninstallation\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Licence_trap_Extension_Pack\"><\/span>Licence trap Extension Pack<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>However, there is a pitfall, the Extension Pack. This upgrades a few functions. USB 2.0, 3.0 support, RDP and other things. It is also free to use, but only for private purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Corporate customers have to pay. What&#8217;s more, installation is easy and there are no big warnings. Many a company has already been unpleasantly surprised here. Installations are reported to Oracle and then Oracle may get in touch and demand money.<\/p>\n<p>That gets expensive. Although a licence only costs 50 dollars per user, the minimum purchase quantity is 100 units, which then costs a corresponding amount. You could almost suspect a business model here.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Check_whether_the_extension_pack_has_been_installed\"><\/span>Check whether the extension pack has been installed<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you want to check whether the extension pack is installed, we can check the installed extensions via Tools &#8211; Extension Pack Manager. Well, it&#8217;s actually already too late here and Oracle has already been notified of the installation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/oracle_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"253\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/oracle_1.jpg 614w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/oracle_1-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here we can find the package if necessary, select it and uninstall it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/oracle_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"183\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/oracle_2.png 734w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/oracle_2-300x75.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As already mentioned, this seems to be a good business model for Oracle if you look on the Internet. One company installs the stuff and then 100 licences become due. It would actually be fair to make the whole thing transparent and chargeable for everyone. 50 dollars would also be a price that is basically okay for the function. But there are no individual licences.<\/p>\n<p>It will also be interesting to see how Oracle obtains the data and what is installed when the Extension Pack is installed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VirtualBox is free of charge, but the use of the &#8220;Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack&#8221; harbours financial risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1555],"tags":[2071],"class_list":["post-64373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-en","tag-virtualbox-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}