I asked our Oracle reseller this very same question, and this was her answer on 8/25/2005: "Per Oracles latest price list dated 8/19/05 it states: That for the Database (10G) this use is allowed... "Restricted Use: Oracle Internet Directory for the purposes of storing Oracle Database Service information." So I guess that as long as you don't use any of the AS stuff (which you have to install to get OID), you don't need a license. Seems like a waste of disk space to me. On 10/13/2005 6:14 PM, Jared Still wrote: > Can someone here verify the licensing status of OID? > I've looked in the Oracle Store, OTN, googled, etc. > The confusion comes from the way it's now bundled. > OID in 9.x was bundled with the Oracle RDBMS. > That changed with 10g. > OID is now bundled with the app server, which is a separately licensed > product. > So, is OID now a product that must be licensed separately, by purchasing > 10gAS? --------------- Jason Heinrich Oracle Database Administrator Pensacola Christian College (850) 478-8496 x2509 jheinrich@xxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l