the open source variant of vmware tools is here ->
http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/
including this package would be a good thing. here's what components are available
Drivers for devices and filesystems access
Memory ballooning
Shared folders
Drag and Drop, Text and File Copy/Paste
Clipboard sharing
Disk wiping and shrinking
Time synchronization
Automatic guest screen resolution resizing
GuestInfo (provides statistics about guest environment)
Guest SDK (provides information about the VM)
Soft power operations
Multiple monitor support
GTK Toolbox UI