Re: Oracle license requirements for unused options

From: Paul Drake <bdbafh_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 10:20:07 -0400
Message-ID: <BANLkTinR8KWXbuvD_z0S7nVZ12GauxXV1Q_at_mail.gmail.com>



Toon,

What about known bugs that mogrify a standard edition installation into enterprise edition via applying a patch or patchset?

Paul

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Toon Koppelaars < toon.koppelaars_at_rulegen.com> wrote:

> Recent audits from the Oracle software police in my part of the world made
> me conclude:
>
> If you've installed it, you've gotta pay for it.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 4:04 PM, <Jay.Miller_at_tdameritrade.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> Can anyone point me to any official documentation that says that if you
>> have a feature (such as Oracle Partitioning or OLAP) installed but do not
>> use it that you do not have to purchase a license?
>>
>>
>>
>> On earlier Oracle audits they told us that was definitely the case but
>> currently our Oracle rep is refusing to answer the question so we want to be
>> absolutely certain.
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jay
>>
>>
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