Can VNC be used commercially?
Issue
- One of our user's has raised a question about the commercial use of
Xvnc
provided with RHEL. Looking at the information about the rpm it provides some conflicting information from what we see from the vendor:
[root@rhel5 ~]# rpm -qi vnc-server-4.1.2-14.el5_6.6
Name : vnc-server Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 4.1.2 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release : 14.el5_6.6 Build Date: Mon 31 Jan 2011 05:08:08 AM EST
Install Date : Thu 07 Feb 2013 06:29:33 AM EST Build Host: hs20-bc2-5.build.redhat.com
Group : User Interface/X Source RPM: vnc-4.1.2-14.el5_6.6.src.rpm
Size : 5145538 License: GPL
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Tue 01 Feb 2011 07:35:54 AM EST, Key ID 5326810137017186
Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
URL : http://www.realvnc.com
Summary : A VNC server.
Description :
The VNC system allows you to access the same desktop from a wide
variety of platforms. This package is a VNC server, allowing others
to access the desktop on your machine.
- When viewing RealVNC's website, it states:
"For individual private use"
- The question is, can the version of vnc-server made available by Red Hat be used commercially?
Environment
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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