as a followup, this info is available at the following rh website http://www.redhat.com/licenses/ of course, IANAL, but it seems pretty clear to me :) Tom On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Tom Ryan wrote: > 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
