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Ed Murphy <emurphy42@socal.rr.com> wrote:

> Here's one of the replies from that same site:

> "They do not restrict redistribution. They void the support contract if
> you are *using* more instances of it than you pay for. You still have
> every right to redistribute the software, and if you redistribute it to
> someone outside your organization they can install it and use it and you
> will not even be in violation of the support agreement."

I have no problem with this but the actual RHEL license says something
different as follows:

   Subscription Agreement for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1

   This  Subscription  Agreement (the "Agreement") is between Red Hat,
   Inc. ("Red Hat") and any purchaser or user ("Customer") of Red Hat
   Enterprise Linux AS (or Red Hat Linux Advanced Server), Red Hat
   Enterprise Linux ES or Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (collectively,
   "Red Hat Enterprise Linux"  or "the Software").
   
   PLEASE  READ  THIS  AGREEMENT  CAREFULLY  BEFORE  PURCHASING  OR
   USING RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX. BY USING OR PURCHASING RED HAT
   ENTERPRISE LINUX, CUSTOMER  SIGNIFIES  ITS  ASSENT  TO  THIS AGREEMENT.
   IF YOU ARE ACTING ON BEHALF OF AN ENTITY, THEN YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU
   HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THAT
   ENTITY. IF CUSTOMER DOES NOT ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT,
   THEN IT MUST NOT USE OR PURCHASE RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX.
   
Now to me, it seems that RedHat is attempting to say that any purchase
or usage of RHEL will automatically force the user to agree to the
subscription license. If you don't agree to the subscription license
then you can't use the programs which strongly suggests an attempt to
introduce additional restrictions into the GPL.

> Now you can certainly complain up and down about how this is Evil
> Corporate Behavior, if you like.  (It sounds reasonable to me:  "you
> want to use extra copies, fine, but you're on your own.")  But I don't
> think it actually violates the GPL.

As you stated it, no it doesn't, but in that case they need to hire
someone who can write a license that people will understand.

	- Tel