If I remember correctly, you are not allowed to give them the CD as is, as that is diluting RedHat's trademark. You are allowed to replace above mentioned two files and then give them the CDs. The snag is that you then lose your Oracle certification. It will still work, as you havn't changed anything really. It just won't be Oracle certified.Well, you are echoing my thoughts: "cross out RH from the list of the good-guys" understated. but this is the commercial world and my clients demand it. according to what I have read here today I feel it's entirely legal to copy and use the RHAS on as many stations as I want (the GPL protects that right) but those machines won't have support, RHN accounts nor indeed have binary RPMs for easy updates.
I would gladly install this for a customer explaining to him that for automatic upgrades and patches he will need to pay between $300 and $2500 per machine, depending on theplan and distro he chooses. I think it's fair. I will also recommend he looks at SuSE or Debian as alternatives (one cheaper but tested for Oracle, the other one cheaper yet but with a learning and porting curve depending on the situation).
this sucks, but if this analysis is making sense to you all, it means using the Fedora project may be a questionable step as well.
Your thoughts, as always, are most welcome...
I can't wait for UserLinux to fulfil its promise. If we get Oracle certificated Debian, these problems would be over.
-- Shachar Shemesh Lingnu Open Systems Consulting http://www.lingnu.com/
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