[ILUG] The old CD thread again {RHEL this time}

[conor at discuskeeping.com]

> Since I figure I have your virtual ear, and you might have some RHEL n
> (for various values of n) CDs handy, didn't RHEL at least use to come
> with java-n.n.n-bea and java-n.n.n-ibm JRE packages -- where those firms
> notoriously did _not_ grant the public any right of redistribution in
> their JRE software?  I might have misheard -- or those might have been
> dropped after RHAS 2.1.

If I search for java in rhn under ES3....
https://rhn.redhat.com/network/software/channels/packages.pxt?upper=20&filter_string=java&lower=1&alphabar_column=NVREA&cid=2866

I only find java gcc packages.

> My recollection of those packages has been my biggest motivator in being
> cautious about concluding that RHEL {3,4} consist (modulo trademark) only of
> redistributable contents without a full licence audit.  E.g., you used
> to need either the IBM or Sun JREs (the former included, I think; the
> latter, not) to support Red Hat Cluster Manager.

Clustersuite is now installed seperately from the AS/ES products.
You can download the ISO's for it here:
https://rhn.redhat.com/network/software/channels/downloads.pxt?cid=1184

As long as you have a RHN login that is :-0

> Rick Moen               is indistinguisable from malice.

Regards
Conor.