hjr.pythian_at_gmail.com wrote:
> On Jul 23, 6:19 am, Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfi..._at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> On Jul 22, 5:43 pm, "Ana C. Dent" <anaced..._at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> sachin..._at_gmail.com wrote in news:1185119330.674797.302820
>>> @z24g2000prh.googlegroups.com:
>>>> Hello all,
>>>> I am a new student of Oracle DB. I want to know, if there are some
>>>> running oracle servers which we can use for study puropse, to
>>>> understand oracle and SQL queries?
>>>> if this is possible, please let me know
>>> http://otn.oracle.com
>>> You can download & install on any system you desire.
>> Not strictly true, the only db product that you can legally download
>> for this purpose is in fact the XE product (with the single process/
>> 4gb ram etc restriction). The rest are licensed only for prototype
>> development - see my blog athttp://www.orawin.info/services/node/37
>> and indeed the license.
>>
>> I personally think this is unfortunate, but there you go.
>>
>> Niall
>
> That's a profoundly incorrect reading of the license, as I explain at
> http://www.dizwell.com/prod/node/897
>
> The license prohibits commercial exploitation of the free software; it
> does not mandate its use only in the production of prototypes.
>
> For home learning (self-study) purposes, nothing in the license
> prohibits the use of the Enterprise/Standard Edition downloads
> available from OTN.
My understanding from Oracle sales matches Howard's.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Sun Jul 22 2007 - 19:12:33 CDT
