Re: legal-eeze

Carefully note the following requirement to copy the material:

    "written permission of Oracle"

On the other hand, the basic rule of any bureaucracy undoubtedly applies:

   "it is easier to get forgiveness than permission"

Along those lines, as a point of comparison of theoretical interest only (of course), one could compare the potential economic loss to Oracle of this copying of education content to the losses caused by various marketing mishaps.

regards,
ep

On 14 Dec 2000, at 9:21, Cunningham, Gerald wrote:

Date sent:      	Thu, 14 Dec 2000 09:21:07 -0800
To:             	Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
From:           	"Cunningham, Gerald" <Gerald.Cunningham_at_usi.net>
Subject:        	legal-eeze

> I was thinking of reproducing certain published documents on our intranet,
> for educational puposes. Unfortunately, Oracle's "legal notices and terms of
> use" makes my head hurt. Is it legal to reproduce a doc from Metalink?
>
> Here's an excerpt:
>
> "You may not use, disclose, reproduce, transmit, or otherwise copy in any
> form or by any means the information contained in the Materials for any
> purpose, other than to support your authorized use of the Oracle Programs
> for which you hold a supported license from Oracle, without the prior
> written permission of Oracle."
Received on Thu Dec 14 2000 - 13:08:00 CST