Jesse Keating wrote:
On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 08:17 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Can I buy one copy of a Red Hat package and redistribute it as the GPL
> permits for any GPL covered portion? Or install on as many machines as
> I want? Does every part that has any GPL component permit
> redistribution of the work-as-a-whole?
You can, however you would be violating the terms of your Red Hat
Network service, and Red Hat would be in their rights to terminate your
service.
So there is a penalty for violating the restriction. Can you still
claim there is no restriction?
Common misconception. You don't buy RHEL. You buy a
subscription to
the Red Hat Network service.
The question wasn't about buying it. It was about the redistribution
restriction attached that the GPL does not permit.
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Les Mikesell
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