creno_at_synergisticsinc.net wrote:
> Hello. I would like to present a situation facing many of my customers
> regarding a product they each use.
>
> They each have a applicant, built in Oracle Forms 6, utilizing 8.15
> thru 9i, as a backend. Most of them have terminated their agreements
> with the application developer, who was bought out by another company.
> They were each making significant monthly payments for support they
> were not receiving, which only worsened after the buyout.
>
> My question is this: They have valuable data, of law enforcement and
> criminal nature, in the Oracle databases at their agency, and still
> need to access it. Do they have any requirement to forward royalties
> to Oracle for continued use of the database? If the royalites must be
> remitted by an Oracle Partner, could I remitt these royalties if I were
> a partner?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated. I have tried contacting Oracle and
> have been passed from department to department with no luck.
>
> Thank you.
A very clear ... depends. I'd suggest you contact Oracle. You don't want
to be on the wrong side of the law.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Received on Mon Mar 06 2006 - 17:55:52 CST
