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

I bet this thread would get more notice on the taroon release mailing list 
:)

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Larry Fahnoe wrote:

> 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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