[Gllug] Linux support options

Simon Morris simon.morris at cmtww.com
Mon Feb 27 16:31:22 UTC 2006


Richard wrote:
> Karanbir Singh wrote:
> 
>  > <snip>
>  > would you care to explain what you mean by running 'Redhat - to
>  > satisfy a vendor requirement' without paying Redhat for anything ?
> 
> Redhat software is free, but support is very dear indeed - so RH can be
> used (I believe) without having to pay Redhat a penny, provided you
> don't want support/patches/etc. 

No unfortunately that is not correct.

To be able to run Red Hats software you must have a current subscription 
to RHN or remove all of the Red Hat branding from the distribution (at 
which point you would reach for the CentOS disks anyway)

~sm
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