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On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 13:57, Dax Kelson wrote:
> Hypothetically speaking, suppose Joe Blow walked up to you and handed
> you copies of RHELv3 AS CDROMs.
>
> If Joe Blow had and agreement with RH, he would be in violation, but
> what would your obligation be if any to:
>
> * Installing and using the software
> * Creating and redistribution binary isos from the CDROMs?
>
> According to
http://www.redhat.com/licenses/rhel_us_3.html
it says,
>
> "IF CUSTOMER DOES NOT ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, THEN IT MUST
> NOT USE OR PURCHASE RED HAT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. "
>
> I can understand the "MOST NOT PURCHASE ", but how can the "MUST NOT USE "
> apply?
>
> If you don 't accept the terms of the agreement, how can you be bound by
> a term (MUST NOT USE) of the agreement?
Think of the license as a "right to use " in much the same way that a
drivers license is a "right to drive ". If one of the terms of your
driver 's license is that you must wear glasses in order to drive but you
don 't agree to that term does that mean you can drive without glasses?
Well, you could....but if you get stopped by the police for a moving
violation and they check your license and notice you are not abiding by
the terms of the license what do you think will happen?
>
> Finally, was this "MUST NOT USE " provision always in there? I could
> swear I read the agreement a couple months ago and it wasn 't there.
>
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