Re: FS: Redhat Professional Worstation (RedHat Enterprise Linux)

From: Ivan Marsh (annoyed_at_you.now)
Date: 05/24/05 

Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 12:53:51 -0500

On Tue, 24 May 2005 18:21:18 +0100, Gordon wrote:

> Ivan Marsh wrote:
>
>> From the Redhat license agreement in question:
>>
>> 2. NON-TRANSFERABLE. This Agreement, and all Services provided by Red
>> Hat pursuant to this Agreement, may not be transferred, assigned or
>> distributed without the prior written consent of Red Hat. Any attempted
>> transfer, assignment or distribution without Red Hat's prior written
>> consent shall terminate this Agreement, and Red Hat shall have no
>> further obligation hereunder.
>
> I saw this. it seems to me this refers to the PAID support subscription,
> NOT the software itself. The word "services" is pertinent.

The software license agreement is GPL and is transferable by definition.

The only useful license you get when you pay for RH9 Pro Workstation box
is the service agreement. Which is what we've been talking about. There is
no RH proprietary software in that box.

You would therefore be paying the OP $50 for software you can download for
free, manuals you can download for free and a RedHat Service Activation
card that's not worth the paper it's printed on. 

-- 
Life is short, but wide. -KV

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