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Re: What's free in Oracle for Linux?

From: Sander Goudswaard <sander_at_example.com>
Date: 21 Dec 2003 20:33:50 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns9458DB5B8EB947574505Bjvrqvgyrrfgv@194.109.133.20>


ramon_at_conexus.net (Ramon F Herrera) wrote in news:c9bc36ff.0312202117.39f1afe_at_posting.google.com:

> What about the "GNU/Linux copyleft"? Does it apply to Oracle?
> Does it affect Oracle at all? If I need to debug the OCI libraries
> under Linux, for instance, can I get the source code?

As you can read in the license agreement, the Oracle software is not licensed under the GPL. You won't get any source code for e.g. the database or application server.

OTOH, Oracle does have open source software for Linux - take a look at http://oss.oracle.com for more info.

Sander

Oh - you use Google to read? too bad... Received on Sun Dec 21 2003 - 14:33:50 CST

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