Re: Devoloper licenses

RonGeorge_at_hotmail.com (Sporge) wrote in message news:<7e3b24c7.0406210550.44a59835_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hi all
>
> We're in the process of porting a system written for MySql to Oracle.
> I would like to find out what the Oracle licensing issues are. The
> license agreement on OTN states:
>
> <snip>
> Ownership and Restrictions
> We retain all ownership and intellectual property rights in the
> programs. The programs may be installed on one computer only, and
> used by one person in the operating environment identified by us. You
> may make one copy of the programs for backup purposes.
> <snip>
>
> The problem I have is that we have 4 developers working on the system.
> Does this mean that we need to purchase licenses for the 3 users? The
> system is not used for any internal data processing.

You can download all the software from OTN you would like for development, learning, and investigative purposes free of charge. When you deploy the system, internally or externally, however, you need to have licenses for the Oracle products you are using. You can purchase licenses bsaed on the processors in the machine running Oracle, in which case an unlimited number of users can connect, or based on the number of users that need to connect.

Standard disclaimer: Licensing questions probably ought to be directed to Oracle Sales. Relying on the legal interpretation of some guy on the internet is probably not something you want to have to explain if there is ever a question about your license compliance. There will almost certainly be issues or subtlties in the license agreement that I haven't covered here.

Justin Cave <jcave_at_ddbcinc.com>
Distributed Database Consulting, Inc.
http://www.ddbcinc.com/askDDBC Received on Mon Jun 21 2004 - 23:45:54 CEST