[lug] Redhat Enterprise Linux

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael D Hirsch <mhirsch at nubridges.com> writes:

>> I believe the Enterprise versions are subject to one license for every
>> machine it is installed on.  So you want 10 servers, you pay for 10
>> licenses.

Michael> How can they justify this?  They are distributing GPLed code,
Michael> so why can't I just pay for one and install it on 10 or 100
Michael> machines?  I can only ask for support on 1, of course, but is
Michael> there any legalities keeping me from doing multiple installs?

I don't know the answer about the justification, I suggest you ask Red
Hat sales.

I looked here:

    http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/ws/

It sounds like part of the package is RHN access.  So perhaps the
"license" is an RHN access, which is per-machine.  Again, you'd have
to ask, I'm not in the sales organization, and I'm lucky to even know
what I'm doing on my own project :-)

Tom