RHEL without License?

Ugo Bellavance ugob at camo-route.com
Fri Jul 8 12:51:50 UTC 2005


Ian Waring 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'm the Red Hat Business Manager at one of Red Hat's UK distributors - and 
> the guidance we always give is "carry on". Matthew Szulik said as much in 
> one of his interviews earlier this year. In the final analysis, you pay for 
> the update service and any telephone support. If you don't need either, the 
> software is unemcumbered. That's one of the beauties of Linux - compliance 
> is typically far down the list of admin tasks for any end user company.

I was wondering:  Is it possible for someone who uses a RHEL clone to
make a donation to redhat?

Thanks,




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