RHEL without License?

[Rik Herrin]

Thanks a lot for your reply Ian.  But it there any
documentation or anything documenting that you can do
so?  Also, in reference to the question of downloading
the ISOs for free (30 day trial) and then continuing
to use them after the 30 day trial period without
paying, is this legal?  Thanks for your time.

> From: Ian Waring <ian.waring at gmail.com>
> Re: Re: RHEL without License?
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> > I'm not sure if this question has been brought up
> > before or not. I was asked by someone if they can
> > continue running RHEL after their yearly
subscription
> > has expired. They don't want to pay and don't mind
> > living without the security updates and access to
RHN.
> > Is this legal or not? Please provide links from
Red
> > Hat documentation if possible to support your
> > position. Thanks for your time.
> 
> I'm the Red Hat Business Manager at one of Red Hat's
UK distributors - 
> and 
> the guidance we always give is "carry on". Matthew
Szulik said as much 
> in 
> one of his interviews earlier this year. In the
final analysis, you pay 
> for 
> the update service and any telephone support. If you
don't need either, 
> the 
> software is unemcumbered. That's one of the beauties
of Linux - 
> compliance 
> is typically far down the list of admin tasks for
any end user company.
> 
> The only warnings that run contrary to this are Red
Hat Desktop 
> evaluation 
> kits - mainly on some of the contents of the
"extras" CD - which are 
> subject 
> to individual terms from folks like Adobe, Real
Networks, Citrix and 
> alike. 
> Even in those cases, it's largely down to whether
they'll chose to 
> change 
> their own terms and conditions in the future. The
current terms appear 
> to 
> work the way the rest of the Red Hat distribution
does.
> 
> Ian W.
> 
> -- 
> Ian Waring - Simplicity Sells!
> ian.waring at gmail.com

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