RHEL without License?

[Ali Erdinç Köroğlu]

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Hi, 
As I do know it's not legal to download RHEL "binaries" but you may rebuild SRPMs and
you can create your own RPMs even updates.

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 10:45:49 -0400 (EDT)
Jessica Zhu <jessica at mathforum.org> wrote:

> A side question: can we install RHEL without license? If true, where to 
> get the download to do the installation? Someone asked me this recently. 
> And I answered that you have to purchase the entitlement first and then 
> can do the download. However, I want to confirm whether it's right.
> 
> Jessica
> 
> On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Security wrote:
> 
> > Ed Wilts wrote:
> > 
> > >On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 04:50:23PM +0400, Security wrote:
> > >  
> > >
> > >>Rik Herrin wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>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.
> > >>>      
> > >>I think it is legal of course .. there is some copyrighted things like
> > >>the "redhat logos" or "anaconda-images" but there is a solution:
> > >
> > >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.
> > >
> > >>use the rpms from centos/whitebox or gralinux and your problem is solved.
> > >>    
> > >This doesn't necessarily solve your problems:
> > >1.  Some are actively violating Red Hat trademarks
> > >  
> > 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.
> > >
> > 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

Regards
Ali Erdinc Koroglu
http://www.prosoft.com.tr

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