[WBEL-devel] Long- Thoughts on WB maintenance

William Hooper whooperhsd2@earthlink.net
Fri, 28 Nov 2003 16:02:56 -0500 (EST)


David Jao  said:
>> You are wrong.  There is nothing saying you have to pay RH for support
>> to
>> use the software.  The only thing you are paying for is the support, not
>> the "right" to use the software.  I would ask you to read the license
>> agreement again.
>
> My reading of the license agreement is actually that you *do* have to
> pay redhat for support on every machine that you have installed RHEL. If
> you are not a RHEL customer then this of course does not affect you. But
> if you are a RHEL customer then your service agreement requires you to
> pay for support for each installation.
>
> That is to say, I do not believe RHEL customers have the option of using
> additional copies of RHEL without paying for the support.

Go back and read the OP again.  Yes, RH's agreement says you have to have
support on all your RHEL machines.  It doesn't say anything about not
being able to use the software if you decide to cancel your support.

-- 
William Hooper