--- On Sat, 13/2/10, Yuva raj <uvar...@gmail.com> wrote: > RHEL is not proprietary .. Its fully open source. the thing > is that RHEL is > not openly available for download but the source code using > which RHEL is > built available for download ;). Centos guys downloaded the > source code and > complied it and removed some red color and added some blue > color ;) and > release it as The CENTOS. So Centos is 100% binary > compatible with RHEL. ;) > So all ISV application which are working on RHEL will work > on Cent Os.
I once spoke to RedHat Manager about this. His explanation was something like this. You can install on multiple system from same CD. However, the support is only for one system. If you install on more than one system you violate a gentleman agreement that you will buy one copy per system. CDs have some of their trademark materials, so replicating them may pose legal hurdles. How far these things are maintainable in a court of law is questionable given the fact that underlying software are foss. Raman.P blog:http://ramanchennai.wordpress.com/ The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
