jtd wrote: > On Sunday 12 July 2009, Rony wrote: > >> >> No one is bashing RedHat. We are just trying to get a clear simple >> answer to a plain and simple question. Everyone is right in their own >> way but the final results do not tally. >> > > That is because the questions are wrong. and the conclusions from the wrong > question being partly answered and extended to unasked questions. > > So the question can you copy RH cd? > No > Conclusion RH = not FLOSS = EULA = M$ EULA. > > So the real answer > Can you copy RH CD? > Yes except the trademark and non FLOSS software > Conclusion RH = Floss + Non FLoss + RH TRademark. I van Copy the FLoss part > Again we are missing the simple question of copying an original CD. How can you copy a CD without certain contents. Then it is not a CD copy. When a user burns a CD using the 'copy CD' option in a burner how will he remove certain contents from the image? He is simply talking about a copy of the original, like true copy. That is not allowed and I'm sure you will agree with that.
> Can I install on multiple machines > Yes. except the NonFLoss and the for service parts. > Since a copy of the original CD or the original CD itself contains embedded NonFLOSS parts, there is no way one can separate them during the installation process. So for all practical reasons, the original CD or its true copy cannot be installed elsewhere. > > >> However from all this IMHO, RHEL >> CDs cannot be copied and/or installed on machines other than the ones >> for which RedHat has been paid. >> > > Do not conflate copying and installing. They are two utterly different things. > You cant copy certain parts. > You can install except certain parts. > The certain parts are embedded in an original CD or its true copy so they cannot be separated during installation. RedHat is not giving any such options in RHEL. > And there is no comparison between M$ EULA and RH EULA. > OK. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
