RHEL redistribution..

Alexandre Oliva aoliva at redhat.com
Thu Feb 17 13:08:49 UTC 2005


On Feb 16, 2005, Les Mikesell <les at futuresource.com> wrote:

> a part of this contract specifies that you may only load the
> software on one machine for each copy that you buy.  Personally, I
> don't see how to reconcile a contract like that with section 6 of
> the GPL which states that additional restrictions cannot be imposed,

My understanding is that, if you violate the agreement, the other part
is free to do so as well, interrupting the service that it had agreed
to provide to you.  That doesn't mean you're denied the ability to
copy or install on as many boxes as you like.

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