RE: Redhat licensing

["Karasik, Vitaly" <vkarasik ndsisrael com>]

Joshua,

So you think we cannot install RHEL updates on many RHEL boxes with one RHN subscription? 


Rgds,
Vitaly

> -----Original Message-----
> From: taroon-list-bounces redhat com
> [mailto:taroon-list-bounces redhat com]On Behalf Of Joshua Jensen
> Sent: Sat, June 19, 2004 7:30 PM
> To: Discussion of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (Taroon)
> Subject: Re: Redhat licensing
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 10:54:00AM -0400, Matt Hanley wrote:
> 
> > "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."
> 
> "Installed System" means "Entitled System"... meaning "comes with 
> Support and RHN".
> 
> > "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,"
> 
> Exactly.  You need to have Installed (Entitled) Systems for "Service"
> (RHN and Support).  You *don't* need to have Entitled Systems if you
> *don't* use RHN or Support.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> It's the other way around... more (or any) un-entitled 
> systems: NO RHN. 
> If you run 1000's of RHEL3 machines and you want RHN or 
> Support on even
> just one of them... pay for entitlements for ALL of them.  If 
> you don't
> want either RHN or Support on ANY of them, you need not entitle any of
> them.
> 
> 
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