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Steven Erat wrote: > > Now where the RHEL license is confusing to me is Section I Part 4, > Reporting and Audit. This paragraph indicates that Red Hat can audit > the Customer once per year with a 10 day advance notice. If the > customer is found to have under reported the number of installed > systems, then the customer must pay for that number times the annual > service fee. If the under reporting is more than 5%, then the > customer will have to pay that number of systems times the annual fee > plus an extra 20% to compenseate RH for "liquidated damages". > > I know that the GPL permits an initial charge for to compensate for > the packaging and distribution costs, but after that I don't > understand how a product licensed under the GPL can can invoke > additional fees if the Software is installed on additional systems. > > I'm eager to hear anyone who can proffer that explanation. > > -Steven Erat > > I think the key here is the annual service fee. The additional $$ is not because you're "Pirating" or anything like that. They're charging for their annual support and service; they want to make sure that they are "servicing" the number of machines that you say they are servicing. If you don't have a service contract with them, the amount you pay is $0 and so any multiplier to that fee would still be $0. -Don
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