Re: oracle database for academic

curious wrote:
> Yes, I ntoiced 'FREE' but I still wondered what "student" means as far
> as officially a student a college or someone who is learning like a
> student would learn a subject.

Student means you are using it to learn Oracle rather than as part of a commercial venture (which includes non-profits and governmental organizations).

If you are using it to provide services, develop products, run an organization you owe Oracle. If you are using it purely for reasons of learning it then you are a student.

The minute you change your focus and start building an application it is time to go back and get a license ... which for a single user on a 1 CPU machine is remarkably inexpensive.

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Daniel Morgan
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