CentOS - Dec 2020 - Is Oracle a real alternative to Centos?

GPL stuff applies only to GPL parts, but they can have Oracle blob in
everything. The same time, TM's and so on...

Do you know how one of the biggest cases with torrents and MS products was
won against guys who shared it? Because MS TM was used incorrect way,
sharing ISO files of ALL MS projects and an executable which generates
random codes, accidentally fit to MS producs... is not a problem, but
having an MS TM Logo is the "problem"... :D

Same in Oracle stuff.

Also For example, according to RH license. You can install evaluation
Version every month on your development system, where sysadmin develops a
platform for the developer, but as soon when this platform is ready, it is
a production system, but no-one will come to you and check, is it really
still under development or it is already prod platform, which is rebuilt
every 3 weeks with jerkins job... (yes, Mr. Jerkins) :)

Legal and "can do" are 2 different things. ;)


And thanks Nikolas for keeping my advice in mind ;) much appreciated ;)
hope you will use it wisely ;)



On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 at 00:12, Nicolas Kovacs <info at microlinux.fr>
wrote:
> Le 14/12/2020 ? 23:18, Ruslanas G?ibovskis a ?crit :
> > Just in case, as the third author linked, read the Licence Agreement,
> > everything will be there.
>
> Since Red Hat source code is mostly GPL, the same thing applies to Oracle
> Linux.
>
> >
> > And a small remark:
> > Even if you can take a knife in a shopping mall and stab with it
anyone
> > within the same shopping mall, does not say that it is legal. But you
> can,
> > Please do not try it in anywhere! well if you have no brain and
> interested
> > in trying it...
>
> We will keep your advice in mind.
>
> :o)
>
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Am Dienstag, den 15.12.2020, 10:14 +0100 schrieb Ruslanas
G?ibovskis:
> GPL stuff applies only to GPL parts, but they can have Oracle blob in
> everything. The same time, TM's and so on...
According to the Oracle license terms and official statements, it is
"free to download, use and share. There is no license cost, no need for
a contract, and no usage audits."
Recommendation only: "For business-critical infrastructure, consider
Oracle Linux Support." Only optional, not a mandatory requirement.
see: https://www.oracle.com/linux

> Also For example, according to RH license. You can install evaluation
> Version every month on your development system, where sysadmin
> develops a
> platform for the developer, but as soon when this platform is ready,
> it is
> a production system, but no-one will come to you and check, is it
> really
> still under development or it is already prod platform, which is
> rebuilt
> every 3 weeks with jerkins job... (yes, Mr. Jerkins) :)
> 
No need for such a construct. Oracle Linux can be used on any
production system without the legal requirement to obtain a extra
commercial license. Same as in CentOS.
> Legal and "can do" are 2 different things. ;)
So Oracle Linux can be used free as in "free-beer" currently for any
system, even for commercial purposes. Nevertheless, Oracle can change
that license terms in the future, but this applies as well to all other
company-backed linux distributions.
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Ruslanas G?ibovskis kirjoitti 15.12.2020 klo 11.14:
> Legal and "can do" are 2 different things. ;)
As someone who is considering moving to OL, I wonder if you could 
elaborate clearly on what specific concerns you have, without the 
insinuation and analogy? Oracle's proposition [1] seems pretty 
straightforward to me.

[1] https://linux.oracle.com/switch/centos/

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