On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Michael Mansour wrote: > Hi Andre, > It's my understanding (after attending a Red Hat > seminar on the issue) that RHEL 3 is free software and > always will be, what you're paying for is the support. > So technically speaking, you can run RHEL on as many > servers as you want, fully licensed, but the support > that you pay for is what provides you with the > patches. > > So again it's my understanding (correct me if I'm > wrong please), you can run RHEL on as many servers as > you want, and only pay for one subscription to grab > the patches you need, or, if you choose not to renew a > subscription, grab the patches you need from someone > who lets you. I think if you read the TOS, you will see that it prohibits this. There's nothing to stop you from downloading the SRPMS, compiling them and setting up your own system based on the resultant RPMS, but, downloading them from RHN through a service agreement on one machine and then installing them on another, is a no no.. I don't have the exact site handy, but I'm sure a 5 minute look at www.redhat.com would have answered this question correctly :) Tom > Michael. > > > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. > http://au.movies.yahoo.com > > > -- _______________________________________________________________________ Tom Ryan Voice: 856-225-6361 Consulting System Administrator Fax: 856-969-7900 Rutgers School of Law - Camden
