Re: [ilugd] Anyone has RHEL4?

2005-05-04 Thread Naresh Narang
--- Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Naresh Narang wrote: > > > Please don't take this in a negative sense. My > > message was informational, I did not mean that > they > > should not charge for support. They have a shop to > > ru

Re: [ilugd] Anyone has RHEL4?

2005-05-04 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Naresh Narang wrote: > Please don't take this in a negative sense. My > message was informational, I did not mean that they > should not charge for support. They have a shop to > run, by all means, they should sell anything they can. > This is not mea

Re: [ilugd] Anyone has RHEL4?

2005-05-03 Thread Naresh Narang
--- Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Naresh Narang wrote: > > > I wonder why would RHEL install show that it is > > GNU/Linux if they are not distributed under GNU > > License. AFAIK, you can download and use it but > you > > nee

Re: [ilugd] Anyone has RHEL4?

2005-05-03 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Naresh Narang wrote: > I wonder why would RHEL install show that it is > GNU/Linux if they are not distributed under GNU > License. AFAIK, you can download and use it but you > need to pay for the license to get support / updates. If they don't char

Re: [ilugd] Anyone has RHEL4?

2005-05-02 Thread Naresh Narang
--- Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > "Sandip" == Sandip Bhattacharya > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sandip> Raj Mathur wrote: > >> AFAIR RH specifies that you lose your service > contract if you > >> redistribute the

Re: [ilugd] Anyone has RHEL4?

2005-05-02 Thread Raj Mathur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "Sandip" == Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sandip> Raj Mathur wrote: >> AFAIR RH specifies that you lose your service contract if you >> redistribute their software or use it on systems for which it >> is not lic

Re: [ilugd] Anyone has RHEL4?

2005-05-02 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: > > >>Well the updates and the individual packages are available freely. This >>is what is helping projects like whitebox linux and taolinux to offer >>RHEL compatible distributions. >> >>That itself sets apart Redhat from Microsoft. >> >>

Re: [ilugd] Anyone has RHEL4?

2005-05-02 Thread gaurav
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: > > > >>Well the updates and the individual packages are available freely. This >>is what is helping projects like whitebox linux and taolinux to offer >>RHEL compatible distributions. >> >>That itself sets apart Redhat from Microsoft. >> >>

Re: [ilugd] Anyone has RHEL4?

2005-05-02 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
Raj Mathur wrote: > > AFAIR RH specifies that you lose your service contract if you > redistribute their software or use it on systems for which it is not > licensed. So if you're willing to not have RH service you are welcome > to redistribute RHEL. > > Hmm. So does that mean that it is ok to

Re: [ilugd] Anyone has RHEL4?

2005-05-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: >Well the updates and the individual packages are available freely. This >is what is helping projects like whitebox linux and taolinux to offer >RHEL compatible distributions. > >That itself sets apart Redhat from Microsoft. > > > so then what is the problem in distr

Re: [ilugd] Anyone has RHEL4?

2005-05-02 Thread gaurav
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >This is interesting, I had this question for a while ? > >I am not sure what the exact redhat licenses and protection is ? Are the >cd's protected, ??? > >Redhat, it seems, takes money not for the software but for the setting >up, maintenance and updates. > >So what is

Re: [ilugd] Anyone has RHEL4?

2005-05-02 Thread Raj Mathur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "Ram" == ramnarayan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ram> This is interesting, I had this question for a while ? I am Ram> not sure what the exact redhat licenses and protection is ? Ram> Are the cd's protected, ??? Ram> Redhat, i

Re: [ilugd] Anyone has RHEL4?

2005-05-02 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So what is to prevent any one from redistributing a) the Redhat itself > and b) the updates when they come > Well the updates and the individual packages are available freely. This is what is helping projects like whitebox linux and taolinux to offer RHEL compatible di

Re: [ilugd] Anyone has RHEL4?

2005-05-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is interesting, I had this question for a while ? I am not sure what the exact redhat licenses and protection is ? Are the cd's protected, ??? Redhat, it seems, takes money not for the software but for the setting up, maintenance and updates. So what is to prevent any one from redistribu

Re: [ilugd] Anyone has RHEL4?

2005-05-01 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
John Marder wrote: > Vivek, when you say that "you cannot make copies of RHEL operating > systems"..do you mean there are legal obstacles (ex. piracy issues) or > are you referring to technical problems (such as cd's being copy > protected etc.)? In case it's the latter, i'm sure somebody must have

Re: [ilugd] Anyone has RHEL4?

2005-05-01 Thread John Marder
On 4/28/05, vivek v <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > AFAIK you cannot make copies of RHEL operating systems.. for all most > cases for RHEL and compatible systems you can use centos( > http://www.centos.org/ ) > cheers > vivek > > On 4/28/05, John Marder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi! > > > > D

Re: [ilugd] Anyone has RHEL4?

2005-04-28 Thread vivek v
AFAIK you cannot make copies of RHEL operating systems.. for all most cases for RHEL and compatible systems you can use centos( http://www.centos.org/ ) cheers vivek On 4/28/05, John Marder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > Does anyone staying in/around Delhi have RHEL 4 WS/ES/AS? If so, may

[ilugd] Anyone has RHEL4?

2005-04-28 Thread John Marder
Hi! Does anyone staying in/around Delhi have RHEL 4 WS/ES/AS? If so, may I make a copy of it? Thx in advance John ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gm