[WBEL-users] Question about RHEL Licensing

[donavan nelson]

The same applies to the binaries on the RHEL distro iso's, no matter the
format of them.

I have two RHEL (WS & ES) licenses and neither is regsiter with RHN, but I
still can't install it on 700 machines.

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On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:34:20 -0500 (EST), Jim Wildman wrote
> 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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