Downgrading from RHEL

[Tom Ryan]

as a followup, this info is available at the following rh website

http://www.redhat.com/licenses/

of course, IANAL, but it seems pretty clear to me :)

Tom

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Tom Ryan wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Michael Mansour wrote:
> 
> > Hi Andre,
> 
> > It's my understanding (after attending a Red Hat
> > seminar on the issue) that RHEL 3 is free software and
> > always will be, what you're paying for is the support.
> > So technically speaking, you can run RHEL on as many
> > servers as you want, fully licensed, but the support
> > that you pay for is what provides you with the
> > patches. 
> > 
> > So again it's my understanding (correct me if I'm
> > wrong please), you can run RHEL on as many servers as
> > you want, and only pay for one subscription to grab
> > the patches you need, or, if you choose not to renew a
> > subscription, grab the patches you need from someone
> > who lets you.
> 
> I think if you read the TOS, you will see that it prohibits this. There's 
> nothing to stop you from downloading the SRPMS, compiling them and 
> setting up your own system based on the resultant RPMS, but, downloading 
> them from RHN through a service agreement on one machine and then 
> installing them on another, is a no no..
> 
> I don't have the exact site handy, but I'm sure a 5 minute look at 
> www.redhat.com would have answered this question correctly :)
> 
> Tom
> 
>  
> > Michael.
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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