Re: [ilugd] Linux redistribution legality

2005-07-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> As far as i am told by redhat executives, if you >install redhat on more machines than you have licence >for; redhat will support only those machines which >have licence. That means extra machines will not be >supported by redhat. > >regards >VK > > > What I don't understand is how is the sup

Re: [ilugd] Linux redistribution legality

2005-07-06 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
vivek khurana wrote: > >>I think certain trademark and other contractual >>obligations also ensure >>that you cannot even copy a RHEL distribution for >>your own use(not just >>redistribution). In other words, you can only >>install RHEL on the number >>of machines you have licence for. > > > A

Re: [ilugd] Linux redistribution legality

2005-07-06 Thread vivek khurana
--- Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think certain trademark and other contractual > obligations also ensure > that you cannot even copy a RHEL distribution for > your own use(not just > redistribution). In other words, you can only > install RHEL on the number > of machine

Re: [ilugd] Linux redistribution legality

2005-07-06 Thread Saurabh Nanda
> While individual packages can be freely copied, the total distribution > is supposed to be under a separate independent compilation effort, which > Redhat is restricting to paid customers. Which I think is a fair deal. Redhat can retain its revenue sources but doesn't end up compromising the ope

Re: [ilugd] Linux redistribution legality

2005-07-06 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
Saurabh Nanda wrote: >>Does anyone know if what they are doing is legal or not ? > > > I don't know the exact licensing agreement for SuSE Linux, but Redhat > has something like this: > > All their work (or almost all) is GPLed. That means you get the four > freedoms on the code. BUT the tradema

Re: [ilugd] Linux redistribution legality

2005-07-06 Thread Mayank Jain
On 7/6/05, Saurabh Nanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "THE "RED HAT" TRADEMARK, THE "BLUECURVE" TRADEMARK AND RED HAT'S > SHADOW MAN LOGO ARE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OF RED HAT, INC. IN THE > UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES. WHILE THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT ALLOWS > YOU TO COPY, MODIFY AND DISTRIBUTE T

Re: [ilugd] Linux redistribution legality

2005-07-06 Thread Saurabh Nanda
> Does anyone know if what they are doing is legal or not ? I don't know the exact licensing agreement for SuSE Linux, but Redhat has something like this: All their work (or almost all) is GPLed. That means you get the four freedoms on the code. BUT the trademarks and logos are not freely distrib