On 6/9/2010 2:53 PM, Jonathan Tripathy wrote:
>
> 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.
>>
>>
> Roy, aren't most Linux distro free to use?
Putting aside ReD Hat and
> Suse for the
minute...
>
Yes. From my experience, most are
free.
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Looks like I'm good to start renting out Linux VMs then without
paying any license fees :)
