Hi All, narendra sisodiya wrote: > Hi Steve, > I have posted your mail here - > http://lug-iitd.org/Articles/Can_Red_Hat_Enterprise_products_fall_under_FOSS > If something is remaining - please edit it -
There are a few additions/corrections to the points I made in my earlier post. I received these in the comments on my blog post (from a reliable source). I have also corrected the wiki page. Q: Can you ask Red Hat to send you a RHEL distro CD if you are not a Red Hat customer ? A: No. Although, it is possible to get the ISO images if you sign up for an evaluation at http://www.redhat.com/rhel/details/eval/. Q: Can you use the downloaded sources to make a CD ? A: Yes, you may recompile the downloaded sources to create your own RHEL clone. This is exactly what CentOS does. (Note that I change 'RHEL CD' in my initial post to CD, since what you create is a RHEL clone). And most importantly, I was totally wrong about this: Q: Instead of making copies, can you use the same CD/DVD you received from Red Hat to install RHEL on more than one systems ? A: No, you cannot. Installation of RHEL on more systems than the number of subscriptions you have purchased is considered as redistribution, which implies trademark violation. I realized this only after I read the "Subscription Agreement"[1] more closely. Curiously enough (and what caused me a bit of confusion) is the differences between the definition of the term 'Installed System' as it applies to RHEL and as it applies to JBOSS. For RHEL: An "Installed System" means a system on which Client installs or executes all or a portion of the Software, which may be, without limitation, a server, work station, virtual machine, blade, node, partition, or engine, as applicable... For JBoss: For purposes of the Subscription Services described in this Appendix, the term "Installed System" means a group of CPUs (e.g., up to 64 or up to 256) for which Client is receiving Services. I had previously assumed, the meaning of Installed System is the system which is receiving services ie: a subscribed system. ah, well, mea culpa, cheers, - steve [1] http://www.redhat.com/licenses/rhel_us_3.html -- why procrastinate when you can perendinate ? -------------------- random non tech spiel: http://lonetwin.blogspot.com/ tech randomness: http://lonetwin.blogspot.com/ what i'm stumbling into: http://lonetwin.blogspot.com/ -------------------- -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
