Re: Does anyone have Oracle 8 for Solaris intel!

SuperMega wrote:

> actualy Laura you are not asking for anything not legal.
> The following is from Oracle's Ask Tom website.
> "
> salient points are as follows:
>
> o We grant you a nonexclusive, nontransferable limited license to use
> the
> programs only for the purpose of developing a single prototype of your
> application, and not for any other purpose.
>
> o If you use the application you develop under this license for any
> internal
> data processing or for any commercial or production purposes, or you
> want to
> use the programs for any purpose other than as permitted under this
> agreement,
> you must contact us, or an Oracle reseller, to obtain the appropriate
> license.
>
> o You may not continue to develop your application after you have used
> it for
> any internal data processing, commercial or production purpose without
> securing an appropriate license from us, or an Oracle reseller;
>
> So, if you are developing a prototype -- go for it. Once you go into
> real
> production development, you need to procure the software needed to do
> your job.
> "
>
> --SM

Testing is not done in isolation. It is done after development and prior to deployment into production. If Laura has legally licensed software in production then she has the CDs or she can contact Oracle support for them.

Further ... it is my assumption that when Oracle gives me CDs pursuant to a license agreement I am bound by that agreement. Nowhere have I read that the license includes making copies for third-parties and mailing them off for purposes unverifiable.

Thus my advice.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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