Novell/progeny to take up redhat legacy services

[Chuck Wolber]

> > You can copy the code you get from RHN to any machine you want.
> >  This, though, will invalidate your service agreement so RH can
> > prevent you from getting NEW code *via* RHN.  This will also
> > invalidate any SLA you have with RH.
> 
> As well as open you up to lawsuit by Red Hat for lost revenue at some
> pretty heafty price points.

I don't believe that one bit. Legal precdedence works downward, not
upward:

$DIETY
US Law
GPL
RedHat SLA

If someone lower on the chain breaks a rule/law/precept higher on the 
chain, the group lower on the chain loses. Or as a lawyer I know put it, 
"Herein fail at your peril".

-Chuck

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