[WBEL-users] Question about RHEL Licensing

[donavan nelson]

Did you read this license?

http://www.redhat.com/licenses/rhel_us_3.html

What you are saying is clearly a violation of RHEL Licensing.  Which is
basically why WBEL exists in the first place.

.dn

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 10:17:56 -0500 (EST), joliver wrote
> All,
>     I have read Redhat's EULA as I have purchased a copy of RHEL WS 3.0
> and can find no prohibition on installing WS on more than one 
> machine. Legally speaking, am I in bounds by purchasing one copy and 
> then installing it on, say 10 workstations?  All of the RPMS on the 
> CD are GPL'ed and should be freely distributeable.  The EULA makes 
> note of 2 package exceptions.  Redhat artwork, and anaconda artwork 
> are covered by trademark laws.  I can easily build my own updates 
> with the freely available SRPMS.  Also, after the 1 year 
> subscription  is up, can I legally cancel it while still having WS 
> installed?  I  think that $179 per year is very steep.  That price 
> includes access to RHN only, with no support.    The next question 
> is about providing built RPM updates to the community, say with apt 
> or yum?  The SRPMS are simply source GPL'ed products, so 
> redistribution can't be limited right?  What about creating an apt 
> repository with the entire distribution minus redhat-artwork and 
> anaconda-artwork.  Any help with these questions would be appreciated.
> 
> -Jimmy
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