Re: Redhat licensing

[Jay Turner <jkt redhat com>]

On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 08:28:08AM -0700, Jesse Keating wrote:
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> On Friday 18 June 2004 07:54, Matt Hanley wrote:
> > That's not my take, or legal redhat com's take on it when I asked.
> > Specifically this license:
> >
> > http://www.redhat.com/licenses/rhel_us_3.html?country=United+States&;
> >
> > States:
> >
> > "4. REPORTING AND AUDIT. If Customer wishes to increase the number of
> > Installed System, then Customer will purchase from Red Hat additional
> > Services for each additional Installed System."
> >
> > And in the definition part:
> >
> > "The term "Services" as used in this Agreement means, collectively, the
> > Support Services provided under the purchased subscription and defined
> > herein, RHN Services as defined herein,"
> >
> > Seems pretty cut and dried to me - more systems, more RHN.  If you run
> > 1000's of RHEL3, you need to purchase 1000's of RHN.
> 
> Actually it's quite vague, as they assume that the first RHEL install is a 
> licensed/RHN entitled one, which is not necessarily true.  I think 
> somewhere in the EULA they will liken "Installed System" to mean an RHN 
> entitled system.
> 

If you purchase RHEL from Red Hat, or one of our partners, then it comes
with service and support right out of the box, so what Jesse says is
entirely true.

- jkt

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