[Fwd: Wikipidia - Goodbye Red Hat and Fedora]
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Tue Oct 14 17:31:29 UTC 2008
Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 08:17 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
>> Can I buy one copy of a Red Hat package and redistribute it as the GPL
>> permits for any GPL covered portion? Or install on as many machines as
>> I want? Does every part that has any GPL component permit
>> redistribution of the work-as-a-whole?
>
> You can, however you would be violating the terms of your Red Hat
> Network service, and Red Hat would be in their rights to terminate your
> service.
So there is a penalty for violating the restriction. Can you still
claim there is no restriction?
> Common misconception. You don't buy RHEL. You buy a subscription to
> the Red Hat Network service.
The question wasn't about buying it. It was about the redistribution
restriction attached that the GPL does not permit.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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