Oracle Development Licensing (was "vmware & Oracle")

I know this subject has been beaten to death pretty well already, but I just recalled a good resource that I don't think has been mentioned yet in this discussion - the Oracle Software Investment Guide, which can be found here:

http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pricing/sig.html

This document provides a more easily understandable description of many of the licensing issues that there is so much uncertainty about. For example, on the topic of development it says this:

"Development - Set up, customization, and modification of software is done in a
development environment. Any person doing development work using the software must be licensed. Oracle software may be downloaded for limited development work via the Oracle Technology Network (OTN). Software downloaded from the OTN Website is governed by a special agreement called the
OTN Development License. This agreement grants the individual the right to use
the programs only in a development environment; licenses obtained under this
agreement may not be used in test, production, fail-over, or any other environments. Additionally, customers who want to use any applications developed under an OTN license for internal data processing, commercial or
production purposes must secure a Full Use Oracle license for any of the development software licensed under the OTN agreement prior to using the applications for such purposes.

Customers wanting a less restrictive license for development work may obtain Full
Use licenses under a standard Oracle License and Services Agreement (OLSA) from
the Oracle Store (http://www.oracle.com/store) or through their Oracle Sales
Representative."

Regards,
Brandon

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Neil Overend Subject: RE: vmware & Oracle

You don't need to pay for licences for development systems

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