steve wrote: > > > > b. Piracy is the practice of hijacking a naval vessel and plundering it. > Software Piracy is a silly nonsensical term. Software related violations > include > things like copyright violation, trademark infringement and unfortunately > patent > violations ...etc. > > Now that we've cleared that up, here is a simplified (IMHO) explanation of > what > everybody already said: > > RHEL == Linux Kernel + GPL/BSD/MIT ...etc licensed Software + Red Hat > trademarks > (artwork etc) > > - How must does the RHEL distro cost ? > * 0/- > RHEL is not available free of cost. The free of cost version is Fedora.
> - How does Red Hat make money, if the cost of the RHEL distro is 0 ? > * Subscriptions, trainings, consultancy ...and maybe more. > > - How is the RHEL distro. distrubuted ? > * The sources are available for free on redhat.com and Red Hat provides > CDs/DVDs > of the distro. to it's customers (people who buy subscriptions or undertake > trainings ...etc) > This means that RHEL CDs are not free of cost. > - Can you ask Red Hat to send you a RHEL distro CD if you are not a Red Hat > customer ? > * No > > - Can you download RHEL sources from Red Hat servers ? > * Yes > > - Can you use the downloaded sources to make a RHEL CD ? > * Yes > This CD will be exclusive of the RH trademarked stuff. > - Can you distribute (including sharing with your neighbor) the CDs you made ? > * Yes ! *IF* you remove all the trademarks from the CDs (so that your > neighbour > is clear about the fact that what she is getting is *not* coming directly > from > Red Hat) > The CDs made from sources can be distributed but original RHEL CDs with RH trademark additions cannot be duplicated and distributed. > - Instead of making copies, can you use the same CD/DVD you received from Red > Hat to install RHEL on more than one systems ? > * Yes, you can. > I don't think so. It is the same as using a copy. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
