I think what they are saying is that, since RHAS contains proprietary code, you can't install RHAS as a whole on other machines. However, you can install individual packages from RHAS on other machines if the licenses allow. With the SRPMS, you can even build yourself a custom distribution around RHAS that's totally GPL.
Jon On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Michael Fratoni wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 02 January 2003 06:33 pm, Ben Russo wrote: > > I've been told by a few people that if I pay $799 for a set of > > RHAS CD's that I am not allowed to install it on more than one > > machine. > > Well, they do appear to say that you are expected to pay for each > installation. I'm not clear if this is per installed machine, or per > "supported installed machine". The purchase price is for the product and > support package as a whole. See: > http://www.redhat.com/licenses/rhlas_us.html > > A. General Terms and Conditions of Service > > A4. REPORTING AND AUDIT. > > and > > The GPL is discussed under > B3: END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT > > Also see: > http://www.redhat.com/licenses/advancedservereula.html > > > Last time I checked anaconda and RPM are GPL'd, > > as are the overwhelming majority of the software packages > > on the RHAS CD's.... > > > > So my question is, how might it be illegal to copy > > everything **EXCEPT** the commercial software RPM's from > > the RHAS CD's and then make copies of the resulting subset? > > I don't see any violation of the GPL in the following statement from the > second link above: > > GENERAL > > As used herein, “EULA” means an end user license agreement, and "Software > Programs" means, collectively, the Linux Programs, as defined herein. > > Red Hat Linux is a modular operating system made up of hundreds of > individual software components, each of which was individually written > and copyrighted. Each component has its own applicable EULA. The EULAs > are located in the source code provided with the product. Throughout this > document the components are referred to, individually and collectively, > as the "Linux Programs." Most of the Linux Programs are licensed pursuant > to a Linux EULA that permits you to copy, modify, and redistribute the > software, in both source code and binary code forms. Review these Linux > EULAs carefully, in order to understand your rights under them and to > realize the maximum benefits available to you with Red Hat Linux. Nothing > in this license agreement limits your rights under, or grants you rights > that supersede, the terms of any applicable Linux EULA. > > The distribution also includes the IBM® Java Development Kit ("JDK"), > which is software licensed to you from IBM Corporation, hereinafter, the > "IBM Programs". For the precise terms of the license to you for these IBM > programs, please check the on-line documentation that accompanies them or > review the license at http://www.redhat.com/licenses/. If you do not > agree to abide by the applicable license terms for these IBM Programs, > then do not install them on your computer. If you wish to install these > IBM programs on more than one computer, please contact IBM to purchase > additional licenses. > > Red Hat Linux itself is a collective work under U.S. Copyright Law. Red > Hat grants you a license in this collective work pursuant to the GNU > General Public License. > > - -- > - -Michael > > pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/gpgkey.txt > Red Hat Linux 7.{2,3}|8.0 in 8M of RAM: http://www.rule-project.org/ > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+FQ/pn/07WoAb/SsRAvVqAKCwTpoUwNcQZiVplOW8oykiKIyD+wCdF9Oq > gjRTIh8reZv/rS1ASC2sFYI= > =SE8c > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
