License Issue

[Barry Brimer]

> Hi all,
> we are trying to install RHEL in our pc's we have hundered of pc's in
> different location but it's owned by only one company, so my question is:
>
> should we buy only one RHEL or its depend about  how many pc's we have and
> if there any way to read full license for RHEL.

My understanding is that you need a license for every single computer you 
install RHEL on.  It is not the installation really, but in order to 
use/receive their updates in binary form legally, you must have the 
appropriate number of licenses.  I believe that there is a discounted 
price available for HPC compute nodes as well.

> I am talk specially about RHEL 5.0 or further official release. thanks

Another viable option is CentOS <http://www.centos.org>.  CentOS is a 
rebuild of RHEL from sources that Red Hat provides in accordance to the 
GPL, and because they are a true open source company.  CentOS takes great 
care to provide the closest thing you can get to RHEL without buying RHEL. 
I have been using it for years, both personally and professionally and 
I've never once had a problem with it.  If I am putting software on a 
system that requires RHEL for support (i.e. Oracle, WebSphere, etc.) I buy 
RHEL.  If I am building a machine that I use for network scanning, 
interesting uses of apache that Red Hat won't support, or testing 
machines, I use CentOS. There is no formal CentOS support, but the mailing 
list is very active.  I suppose you could also contact a company that 
provides commerical support for CentOS as well.

Hope this helps.

Barry