Re: Q: RH enterprise products license

Samuel Flory <sflory@xxxxxxxxxxxx> · Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:48:07 -0800

Michael Schwendt wrote:
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On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 18:19:25 +0200, Karasik, Vitaly wrote:

After reading EULA (http://www.redhat.com/licenses/rhel_us_2-1.html) it seems like they use GPL license.

So we can buy one RH AS (ES,WS) box and install system for tens machines? 
If yes, it's more or less the same model as we have for "regular" RH - we can install system for free; download and install updates for free;
and we must pay only when we 
1)  need RH support

2) use RHN

I am right?

How do you interpret paragraph I. A. section 4 (REPORTING AND AUDIT)?

They are speaking about RHN, IMHO - because rpm's are under GPL or similar (BSD,PERL,...) licenses.

What has GPL to do with the terms in aforementioned paragraph?

To quote the gpl:
http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html

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**4.* You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program 
except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise 
to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Program is void, and will 
automatically terminate your rights under this License. However, parties 
who have received copies, or rights, from you under this License will 
not have their licenses terminated so long as such parties remain in 
full compliance.
*6.* Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the 
Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the 
original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to 
these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further restrictions 
on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein. You are not 
responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to this License.

According to the gpl license if they distribute gpl binaries. They MUST 
give the recipients' the full rights to the programs. If they don't they 
lose the right to distribute it. So nothing prevents you from buying one 
RHEL subscription, and copying the rpm to all of the rest of your systems.
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Sam Flory  <sflory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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