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Red Hat Enterprise Agreement

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Kind
Enterprise agreement
Term
Agreement continues until terminated; each Services Term runs for the period in the Order Form and auto-renews for the same duration.
Aliases
General Terms; Red Hat EA
Definition
Enterprise Agreement (NA, November 2021) section 1.2: "The Agreement consists of three components (a) these General Terms; (b) the Product Appendices (which may include end user license agreements and supported life cycles) applicable to Your Products; and (c) if applicable, all Order Forms."
Commercial rules
Fees are determined by counting Units defined in Product Appendices or Order Forms (section 3.2). Additional Units used or deployed must be reported promptly with the dates of use, and are invoiced (section 3.2). Subscriptions auto-renew for the same duration unless either party gives written notice at least 30 days before expiry (section 2.2). Unused Services expire. Review clause (section 10): inspection while the Agreement is in effect and for one year after; resolve noncompliance within 15 days of notice; reimburse inspection cost if underpayment exceeds 5%. General Terms control over Product Appendices and Order Forms unless those expressly provide otherwise (section 13.8).
Applies to
All Red Hat Products bought directly from Red Hat or through a Business Partner. Product Appendix 1 (Software and Support Subscriptions) and Appendix 4 (Online Services) attach to it.
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