[aclug-L] Re: FW: Red Hat Network ...

[Chris Owen <owenc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Dale W Hodge wrote:

> > Nowhere in this issue has software been an issue.  This is about free
> > support.  The software is 100% free.  The only issue is can people
> > continue to rip off Redhat by lying about how they are using the support
> > site.  The only people impacted by this change in procedure are people who
> > have been lying.
>
> I think the point the author of the article was trying to make was
> that RedHat had made it unduly difficult for people who manage more
> than a couple computers to be able to use their free update service.
> My understanding was that each machine that used the service needed a
> separate account with an unique email address associated with it.  It
> could quickly become a nightmare to manage even a handful of machines.
> It would make more sense to allow more than one machine to use the
> service with the understanding that a more detailed questionnaire
> would be required for the privilege.

The point of the article was that such commercial use of the support
services has always been outside the terms of the free service.  However
people were using it that way in violation of the terms of the contract
they had with Redhat.  Redhat is simply making it more difficult to do
that in hope that people will do the right thing and honor their contract
with Redhat.

Stealing cable is harder than it used to be too.

Chris

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