On Thursday 02 June 2005 10:48, Les Mikesell wrote:
> If your favorite choice is accepting a contract that imposes limits on
> where you can install free software that itself has a license that says
> additional restrictions cannot be imposed, then by all means pick RHEL.
RHEL's SLA does not in any way impose restrictions on where you can install
anything. It does, however, place restrictions on where and how you can or
cannot use RHN and its entitlements; that is, if you want to buy RHEL and
then install it on more machines than for which you have RHN entitlements,
you agree to forfeit your right to use the RHN entitlements; but in no case
do you lose the right to continue to use the RHEL installations you currently
have installed; you just are blocked from using the RHN service. And you are
out the amount of money you paid for the entitlements; not a good bargain.
This is in contrast to say the Microsoft EULA where a license breach causes
you to not be able to use the Microsoft software at all from any machine.
--
Lamar Owen
Director of Information Technology
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
1 PARI Drive
Rosman, NC 28772
(828)862-5554
www.pari.edu
