Licensing question

Ray Van Dolson rvandolson at esri.com
Wed Jun 6 18:21:15 UTC 2007


On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 02:15:23PM -0400, Bill Tangren wrote:
> Not true.
> 
> <http://www.redhat.com/licenses/rhel_us.html?country=buying+a+Red+Hat+Subscription+from+Red+Hat&>
> 
> 
> 5.1 Reporting. Client will notify Red Hat (or the Business Partner from 
> whom Client purchased Software or Services) promptly if the actual number 
> of Units of Software or Services utilized by Client exceeds the number of 
> Units for which Client has paid the applicable Fees. In its notice, Client 
> will include the number of additional Units and the date(s) on which such 
> Units were first utilized. Red Hat (or the Business Partner) will invoice 
> Client for the applicable Services for such Units and Client will pay for 
> such Services no later than thirty (30) days from the date of the invoice.
> ---
> As I read it, if you put RHEL on a box, I need a subscription for it.
> 
> YMMV.

Interesting.  So what is Red Hat charging for in this scenario?  The
use of their logos?

Ray




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