Re: Do Eval CDs from Oracle stop working after 30 days?

Blaine,

The spirit of the licence is to trust you to make an evaluation, and then make a purchase.

I did the same as Steve and subscribed to the tech tracks.

Chris.

Blaine Jones wrote:
>
> While *technically*, that may be. I sincerely doubt that I would be in
> violation of the "spirit" of the license agreement.
>
> On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:22:17 +0000, "Christopher M. Day"
> <christopher.day_at_rdbms.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >Blaine,
> >
> >The Oracle evaluation will not time out, but you will be in volation of
> >the licence agreement, which is trust based.
> >
> >Chris.
> >
> >Blaine Jones wrote:
> >>
> >> I just ordered the Evaluation CD of Oracle 8 Enterprise for five bucks
> >> from Oracle's web site. The license agreement says that I have a 30
> >> days to use the product, afterwards I must purchase a license.
> >> I'm curious if this is coded into the CD or if it's just a licensing
> >> restriction.
> >> I'm not trying to get something for nothing here, but I will probably
> >> try to get Oracle DBA certifed in the near future and foresee that it
> >> will probably take longer than 30 days.
> >> Anyone know if Oracle 8 Evaluation will time out after 30 days?
> >
> >
Received on Fri Mar 19 1999 - 18:18:12 CST