[Fwd: Wikipidia - Goodbye Red Hat and Fedora]

[Les Mikesell]

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
    lesmikesell at gmail.com