Pravin Dhayfule wrote: > Hi Folks, > > One of my friend was arguing me that RED HAT is superior to any of the > FREELY available Linux Distro as it provides Support (although in form of > Subscriptions). > > However I told him that he can get free community support for many other > free distros and more over they are Open Source. > > Now for this he said that Red Hat too is open Source, and he has got one > installed in his home through a CD provided by his institute where he is > studying REHL. > Official RedHat affiliated RHEL institutes provide RHEL Cds without support, for study purposes. They are legal. RHEL courses cost Rs. 15 K and now it may be even more. If the CD has the original RedHat label on it, it is original.
> I asked him, whether he needed to enter Serial Key like Windows, he replied > no, but he wont be able to use their support. So I told him that he is using > a PIRATED version of LINUX. HE said yes. > > I went ahead to cross check Red Hat License Agreement, and saw it to be > similar to Microsoft's EULA that states, you cannot install it on more > computers than the licensed purchased for etc. > Secondly if the Subscription expires, the OS will no longer be Legal until > its renewed (similar to Norton Anti Virus) > Could RedHat guys confirm whether the installed OS becomes illegal if earlier properly paid subscription is not renewed? Once a RedHat product is purchased, is it compulsory to keep renewing its license? Is this something like the anti-virus software that has to be renewed every year? -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
