On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Rony<[email protected]> wrote: > The newbie simply wants to know if he/she can duplicate an original RHEL > CD and use it for free of cost installations.
Why is it necessary to dumb things down so much? Is this explanation not simple enough: "Yes, you can copy it for your own backup. You cannot give it to friends or install it on more computers than your own. It's useless anyway, since you or your friend won't get any updates for it. Here, take this Fedora/CentOS/Ubuntu CD/DVD instead." It doesn't take more than 5-10 seconds to say all of that. And it does not include any jargon. I don't see what is so difficult in this. > The license should be there. I believe that is what the OP spoke about. > Its been some years since I had installed RHEL so I don't recollect it now. > The OP is talking about license for the service element and the installation media usage. The DVD does not install proprietary third party software in the default installation. Heck, they're not even shipped in the DVD. There are some extras proprietary software (like adobe acrobat reader, etc.) available through red hat network but they are not available by default and neither are they supported by Red Hat. You have to login to red hat network and enable the channel before you can use it. -- Siddhesh Poyarekar http://siddhesh.in -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
