Re: LINUX featuring ORACLE 7

On 17 Jun 1995 23:17:36 GMT Alan Shutko (ats_at_nimue.wustl.edu) wrote:
> You are misinterpreting the GPL. The RDBMS program does not contain
> or is derived from GNU make. It includes GNU make as a separate
> intallation utility. Therefore, there is no reason at all for the GPL
> to pertain to the RDBMS at all.

Well, accepted. So only the install program 'orainst' is free, as it really requires the make. And that isn't worth wasting disk space !-)

But please note, Oracle seems to be about changing their policies, open themselves to a much wider spread community of (possible) customers. Have a look at http://www.oracle.com/ and follow the links to Oracles WWW section. Surprise, surprise.

regards
Georg

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