Re: Oracle License
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 08:54:57 -0600
Message-ID: <579233C1.9050704_at_1001111.com>
Even lawyers don't understand Oracle licensing.
What is the legal definition of software development vs software testing. Production is legally defined but all the rest is ......
The whole OTN agreement contradicts itself. I have yet to find a lawyer that finds the OTN license acceptable. Many have issues with the whole dependent on another product stuff. What happens if 10 years down the road they drop the licensed product but continue to use the the dependent product unknowingly.
Is a bug fix development of a new program? or Production maintenance?
Is testing of a program that has not reached production, development testing or production testing?
I tell the clients how many sockets I believe they need to be licensed for, and then I document which license I believe every database and Oracle application I know about is under.
After that I do lots of arcane and superstitious things, like drinking, that are absolutely required to regain sanity after attempting to deal with Oracle licensing complexities
YMMV
Dave
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Dave Morgan
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Received on Fri Jul 22 2016 - 16:54:57 CEST