Re: [Xen-users] Xen License

[Jonathan Tripathy <jonnyt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

While I agree with you, I am lead to believe that at least Debian, Ubuntu and CentOS's "Packages" come will either GPL or BSD licensed software, which requires no money to pay. Otherwise those guys wouldn't be allowed to distribute those packages either.


On 10/06/10 01:15, greno@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

bottom line is every distro is composed of a great deal of software released under a number of different licenses. Whatever 'packaging' your doing, you need to understand the licenses within the package. Licenses are legal documents. It is best to run your business plan by an attorney familiar with software licenses who can tell you whether what you plan to do is allowable under the licenses that you will include in your 'package'.



Jun 9, 2010 07:30:54 PM, jonnyt@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

But bottom line,

CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu and all other GPL based distros are all free to rent out, right?


On 09/06/10 23:23, greno@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

This sounds like more Microsoft-reseller scaremongering. But you do need to be aware of the licenses for any software that you intend to sell/offer/provide/support for your customers. A lot of distros are GPL / BSD / etc. and some are commercial offerings such as RedHat / Suse. If you want someone backing you up, it can often pay to use a commercial offering.



Jun 9, 2010 06:11:31 PM, bart.coninckx@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Even the suse one is free, you just pay for support and updates. At least this how it was for sles10.


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>
> On 09/06/10 21:37, Roy wrote:
> > On 6/9/2010 3:33 AM, Jonathan Tripathy wrote:
> > > Hi Everyone,
> > > This is going to sound silly but...
> > > I'm just off the phone with a Microsoft SPLA reseller. They sell
> > > licenses to run Microsoft software in a hosted environment. I was
> > > asking about obtaining Windows licenses to run on my Xen VPS hosting
> > > solution.
> > > Maybe there is a big misunderstanding, but I'm faily sure she said
> > > that it was illegial for me to rent out Xen VMs...even if they are
> > > running Linux (some about terms and conditions).....
> > > Please someone tell me that it was just a misunderstanding. I was
> > > under the impression that since Xen is GPL, I'm allowed to rent out
> > > Xen Guests to customers without paying anything...
> > > Thanks
> > >
> >
> > Its a matter of semantics. You are required to license the software
> > that you are running whether it is in a virtual machine or on a real
> > machine. All versions of Linux have licenses. You have to meet the
> > license of the version that you are using.  It may include paying a
> > fee then it may not. Same with any other software you use.
> >
> >
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> Roy, aren't most Linux distro free to use? Putting aside ReD Hat and
> Suse for the minute...
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