[WBEL-users] Question about RHEL Licensing

[Jim Wildman]

I believe if you reread that EULA and license that Donovan mentions you 
will see that you can only use the binary updates obtained from RHN on 
the server that is registered with RHN.

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 joliver@joliver.net 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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Jim Wildman, CISSP, RHCE                                jim@rossberry.com
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