RHEL without License?

[Security]

Ed Wilts wrote:

>On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 04:50:23PM +0400, Security wrote:
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>>Rik Herrin wrote:
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>>>I'm not sure if this question has been brought up
>>>before or not.  I was asked by someone if they can
>>>continue running RHEL after their yearly subscription
>>>has expired.  They don't want to pay and don't mind
>>>living without the security updates and access to RHN.
>>>Is this legal or not?  Please provide links from Red
>>>Hat documentation if possible to support your
>>>position.  Thanks for your time.
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>>I think it is legal of course .. there is some copyrighted things like
>>the "redhat logos" or "anaconda-images" but there is a solution:
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>These are trademarked, not copyrighted. The software itself is
>copyrighted (as is all software written these days - it's automatic) but
>it's the license you're concerned about.
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>>use the rpms from centos/whitebox or gralinux and your problem is solved.
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>This doesn't necessarily solve your problems:
>1.  Some are actively violating Red Hat trademarks
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Really ??? I don't think so ...

>2.  You're not running Red Hat Enterprise Linux when you've installed
>them.  Some 3rd party code will not install or run properly.
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The ONLY one problem is with the installation of Oracle DB/application
server, you need to edit your /etc/redhat-release (if you have Centos or
Gralinux) to install Oracle 9i/10g