Re: FSF information (was : Re: Plea for a reasonable RHASv3 licenseoption)

What I hear Zate asking for is to be able to purchase additional RHN
entitlements for RHEL without having to purchase additional copies of
RHEL.  "If I've already got a GPL'd distro, why do I need to buy more
licenses, just lemme have RHN support."  Sounds pretty much like what
a number of us want, but Red Hat is seeking to maximize their return
via their pricing.

--Larry

On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 05:22:26PM -0500, Zate commenced mumbling:
> 
> > On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 04:38:47PM -0500, Zate wrote:
> >> My beef with this whole process is I have plenty of copies of the OS, I
> >> have a build server, what I want is to be able to purchase
> >> "entitlements"
> >> online.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure we bought our entitlements online (RHEL ES 2.1 Basic).
> 
> I have looked and cant find anywhere to just buy the management
> entitlement for RHN.  We already have support on a per CPU basis from IBM,
> I just beed to be able to purchase in 5 or 10 packs (like you can for the
> downloadable Redhat) the Managment entitlement for RHEL.  Everything i
> have read states the entitlments you can buy through your RHN account are
> not for RHEL, which is very frustrating.  Right now I have to buy
> piecemeal through IBM for my support and buy each licencen separately (and
> renew separately which is going to be the killer).  I want to buy in bulk,
> 10, 20, 50, 100 RHEL Licence entitlments and get my support elsewhere (yes
> i know 3rd level is Redhat, I dont get to make these decisions).  Does
> Redhat support buying RHEL licences/entitlements online?  I think they
> should, I want to be able to go and buy 50 licences to do a rollout all at
> once.
> 
> 
> 

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