Dear Anivar, Sorry in advance for using your time for the following... I thought of sending a personal mail to you, but then found it may be relevant in this group...
We have been using Redhat Enterprise Linux as our server operating system, since 2001, migrating from Windows NT and 2000... At present we have around 200 servers running our database software application... Until now we have been using software patches downloaded from Redhat using a single license agreement with them to patch all our systems... Redhat EULA agreement is still unclear to us and we are not quite sure how the Redhat can make the restrictions as detailed below from a discussion group by using all those GPLed software and making a distribution... If this is true we have to migrate them to some other free distributions... Our main problem is on many of those servers we have Oracle databases (another Microsoft), and they certify their software only on corporate Linux distributions only... Thanks Afthab On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 12:54:25PM +0530, Ritesh Agarwal wrote: *> Can we install single copy of RHEL v3.0 in more than one server.Is * *> it legal ? * The subscription agreement states that you must have a valid subscription for *all* systems that are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux. You can subscribe none or all - you may not subscribe a subset of your systems. *> Except it we downloaded RHEL v 4.0 from RHN through redhat's * *> subscrition model and using it in our produion servers(more than * *> one).Is the subscription licence and EULA are diffrent for purchased * *> copy and dowloaded copy? * The subscription agreement is the same whether you purchase a boxed set or download the ISOs. *> According to EULA , we are restricted to redistribute or resell * *> RHEL with Redhat trademarks.But unable to find license policies for * *> multiple installation from single copy of RHEL. * *> (http://www.redhat.com/licenses/rhel_rha_eula.html) * According to the EULA (at least the US version), it states: "If Customer wishes to increase the number of Installed System, then Customer will purchase from Red Hat additional Services for each additional Installed System." This means that if you want to run multiple copies of RHEL, you must purchase a subscription for them. Please note that I am not a lawyer and I don't work for Red Hat. Ed Wilts, RHCEMounds View, MN, USAmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program-- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
