Re: Oracle license requirements for unused options

From: Howard Latham <howard.latham_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 15:39:25 +0100
Message-ID: <BANLkTimEQy1LYfd3LNu3JE7R2dkZT20cOw_at_mail.gmail.com>

We have just Had An Audit. They have accepted that two uses of two managment packs in 2009 were only evaluation.

ISTR that Madeline Therault's excellent DBA 101 course/ presentation advocates installing everything in case you need it. I've always done this with Linux too
but apparently its really a NONO as far as Oracle are concerned. I never noticed anyone from Oracle pointing out this as an error. I think Oracle need to improve their licencing by using some sort of software lock. Inertia Selling to the Consumer in the UK is illegal Not sure what the Law is for SMEs.

On 17 May 2011 15:23, Toon Koppelaars <toon.koppelaars_at_rulegen.com> wrote:

>
> They made us re-install a complete OBI suite environment, doing fewer
> options.
> They made us re-install an EE RDBMS back into an SE RDBMS.
>
> My feeling is that this also depends on whom you are dealing with within
> Oracle.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Rich Jesse <
> rjoralist2_at_society.servebeer.com> wrote:
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>> Toon writes:
>>
>> > Recent audits from the Oracle software police in my part of the world
>> made
>> > me conclude:
>> >
>> > If you've installed it, you've gotta pay for it.
>>
>> Even if DETECTED_USAGES from the DBA_FEATURE_USAGE_STATISTICS view is
>> 0????!??
>>
>> Rich
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