Are you under the impression that VMware is free open source software?
replyYes, I was, actually.
replyfair enough, you're one of today's (un)lucky 10,000! (https://xkcd.com/1053/)
replyVMWare has always been proprietary, there's been some handwringing a few times about the fact that they borrow from FOSS quite a bit.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-developer-abandons-vmwar...