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No...

You are not compelled to pay a per-seat license for RHEL. You may download, install, configure and support the free versions of this product yourself on as many systems as you please.

What you must pay a license for is each seat you want supported by Red Hat. This is as it should be, as any support they render to you is a service which generates revenue for them and provides you with the support you need to keep your systems running optimally.

You could conceivably copy RHEL to your heart's content and install it on any number of machines (it's still distributed under the GPL), but don't expect Red Hat to support such copies for free.

The only conditions under which I would expect the "software police" (nominally the U.S. Secret Service) to show up is if someone fraudulently obtained support for such a copy of RHEL by misrepresenting the number of seats registered or some such dodge.

This has caught my interest, and I intend to go browse the Red Hat site with an eye to ensuring that they are still in compliance with the GPL in this respect, as it seems to be generating quite a lot of concern. Persons with a genuine interest should do the same. After all, Red Hat is now a publicly traded corporation, and that can, indeed, cause an otherwise intelligent organization to act very stupidly - witness SCO's madness.
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The cost of FREE software  lmaxwell | 10/22/03
Re : The cost of FREE software  lmaxwell | 10/22/03
Yeah, but ...  Still Peter | 10/22/03
well,  epohs | 10/22/03
Re: well,  Still Peter | 10/22/03
hmm...  epohs | 10/22/03
These new talkbacks suck  Patrick Jones | 10/22/03
New Talkbacks really suck  JoeMama_z | 10/22/03
Re : The cost of FREE software  Chris Moller | 10/22/03
Air in SCUBA tanks an apt analogy...  horusfalcon | 10/22/03
If it's GPL code.....  Jose Jimenez | 10/22/03
the BEST things in LIFE are FREE  stephen732@... | 10/23/03
The cost of getting an OFFICE  Still Peter | 10/22/03
Funny how greed makes companies stupid.  Arrg | 10/22/03
Re: Funny how greed makes companies stupid.  Michael Kelly | 10/22/03
I'm confused  Arrg | 10/22/03
Depends  JoeMama_z | 10/22/03
Re: I'm confused  Michael Kelly | 10/22/03
Software Support and Licensing for RHEL  horusfalcon | 10/22/03
Re: I'm confused  TechnoGypsy | 10/22/03
Redhat's pricing  yu_forum@... | 05/25/07
It's simple, but it helps to have the right perspective  Damon K | 10/22/03
Bah... It ruined my table.  Damon K | 10/22/03
Thanks to everyone for the replies  Arrg | 10/22/03
One possible reason  Fanatical Desperado | 10/22/03
Another way to look at this  FreeBSD | 10/22/03
Re: Funny how greed makes companies stupid  issthatso | 10/22/03
Funny how you make your self look stupid  nucrash | 10/22/03
Not quite right.  Damon K | 10/22/03
I know  Fanatical Desperado | 10/22/03
A heck of a good bargain, compared to your demi-god  zd-spam | 10/22/03
where to begin  JoeMama_z | 10/22/03
Maybe you need to read it  zd-spam | 10/22/03
too much coffie?  JoeMama_z | 10/22/03
Too much M$BS  zd-spam | 10/22/03
last one  JoeMama_z | 10/22/03
joemama, quit while you're behind - LOL  stephen732@... | 10/23/03
Message has been deleted.  bhanes@... | 10/22/03
Message has been deleted.  JoeMama_z | 10/22/03
errata versus OS vunerabilites (joemama)  Iain_Peters | 10/22/03
here ya go  JoeMama_z | 10/22/03
RE; Here ya go  Iain_Peters | 10/23/03
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my exception...  JoeMama_z | 10/22/03
Re: my exception...  TechnoGypsy | 10/23/03
computer breakfast? mmmmmm...  JoeMama_z | 10/23/03
Begin Here  michael-t | 10/22/03
...  JoeMama_z | 10/22/03
Enlightenment provided...no charge *grin*  TechnoGypsy | 10/23/03
reboots  michael-t | 10/23/03
I hate the new talkbacks  JoeMama_z | 10/23/03
Imaxwell.. You have no idea.  FreeBSD | 10/22/03
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what a bargin  yu_forum@... | 05/25/07
Underscoring the importance of the GPL  Michael Kelly | 10/22/03
First of all...  FirstNLastN | 10/22/03
Multithreaded Kernels  michael-t | 10/22/03
The right direction  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 10/22/03
Re: The right direction  Michael Kelly | 10/22/03
Pot & Kettle  Cardinal_Bill | 10/22/03
So insightful and well articulated.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/22/03
Nay! You misunderstand.  Cardinal_Bill | 10/22/03
Ah, I see...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/22/03
Admonishment: Don't get involved in the gamble  pa2004 | 10/22/03
Admonishment: Don't get involved in the gamble  Loverock Davidson | 10/22/03
I didn't know that  zd-spam | 10/22/03
$350 on x86 is still a bargin  EricMarts@... | 10/22/03
Linux is as free as it ever was!  George Mitchell | 10/22/03
I agree  FreeBSD | 10/22/03
I agree  FreeBSD | 10/22/03
generate the R+D money  yu_forum@... | 05/25/07
Good on them!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/22/03
THIS FORUM SUCKS  FreeBSD | 10/22/03
yup  JoeMama_z | 10/22/03
Smaller text leaves room for more adds!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/22/03
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