[WBEL-devel] Re: [WBEL-users] Question about RHEL Licensing

[clacour@clacour.com]

>>> The way I understand the RHEL licensing is that you can install the
>>> purchased software on as many machines as you want.  The license only
>>> applies to the updates from RHN in binary form and support for the
>>> registered software.
>>
>> As _RHEL_, no that's not true. If you take the RHEL CDs and install
>> them as-is, you're violating the licence.
>
> I agree. Because the RHEL cd's contain trademarked redhat artwork and
> logos that are not GPL'ed.
>
>> You can copy the software, as you pointed out, but then it's not Red
>> Hat Enterprise Linux anymore, which is what Red Hat wants.
>>
>> Of course, if you make a copy of the CD with legal images, you become
>> legal (which is the whole point behind Whitebox).
>>
> My only point is that you could create drop in replacements for the non
> GPL'ed items and respin the iso without having to rebuild the entire
> system.  You can also freely redistribute binary RPM's with an apt
> repository as long as you excluded the non GPL'ed items.
>
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