Re: Licensing rules for Data Guard
From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:44:11 -0700
Message-ID: <1219016642.109129@bubbleator.drizzle.com>
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> Do you imply that NPO's can use any Oracle software without charge to run
> their buss..., ehrm, voluntary work?
>
> That would be good news I guess for not only Red Cross, Amnesty
> International, Greenpeace and their likes, but also for instance for the US
> Federal Government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ... ;-)
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:44:11 -0700
Message-ID: <1219016642.109129@bubbleator.drizzle.com>
The Boss wrote:
> DA Morgan wrote:
> [..]
>> Oracle, unlike some companies, does not charge for possession of their >> software ... they charge for its commercial use. >>
>
> Do you imply that NPO's can use any Oracle software without charge to run
> their buss..., ehrm, voluntary work?
>
> That would be good news I guess for not only Red Cross, Amnesty
> International, Greenpeace and their likes, but also for instance for the US
> Federal Government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ... ;-)
Implying no such thing. Read the license that goes with the download at OTN. By "commercial" I did not mean to invite politicians or lawyers to start parsing the meaning of the word "is."
-- Daniel A. Morgan Oracle Ace Director & Instructor University of Washington damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond) Puget Sound Oracle Users Group www.psoug.orgReceived on Sun Aug 17 2008 - 18:44:11 CDT