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On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 16:54, der.hans wrote:
> Am 02. Feb, 2004 schw=E4tzte Derek Neighbors so:
>=20
> > I can buy that to a degree.  However, I would have a real problem if I
> > went to go buy that 350Z I want from my local Nissan dealer.  Then find
> > out they tacked on $2800 for "service".
>=20
> Ah, but that is what happens. 'service' is called warranty. Is it legal t=
o
> sell a new vehicle without a warranty? I'm certain the market wouldn't be=
ar
> it, anyway.

Even if we agreed to this, which I don't entirely.  They still have you
locked in.  For example getting your new car serviced by certain people
or having it modified later, "voids" the warranty.  If you change your
own oil and 25,000 miles in the engine blows they can refuse to honor
the warranty.  I don't like it anymore for cars than I do for operating
systems.  The difference is in operating systems I have a choice. :)

> > To me this is more a kin to what Red Hat is doing by attaching the serv=
ice
> > fee to the license.  If they want to sell the "authorized dealer" aspec=
t
> > great, it gives them a decided advantage.  All the more reason, to **no=
t**
> > lock me into them.  If they really are superior what are they afraid of=
?
> > Why must they attach the service to the sale of the product?
>=20
> Is RH really locking people into RH? Could I not purchase a copy of RHEL =
and
> then resell it multiple times? True, RH doesn't have to allow much of the
> software to be further released as not all licenses have the guarantees o=
f
> the GPL but thus far I haven't heard of RH exploiting that.

I haven't seen the licenses of everything they put in, so it is
impossible for me to tell.

> I could see RH requiring me to change the name and remove RH logos.

The problem is deeper than this.
--=20
Derek Neighbors
GNU Enterprise
http://www.gnuenterprise.org
derek@gnue.org

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