Re: Oracle License
- From: Jeremy Schneider <jeremy.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Chris Taylor <christopherdtaylor1994@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 10:54:53 -0400
On Thu, 21 Jul 2016 09:40:17 -0500 Chris Taylor wrote:
Sorry I meant the License Agreement you agree to when you download the
software versus the Usage specified in the Oracle 11g and 12c docs
for the software. Those appear to be in conflict as far as scope.
Ok that makes more sense.
But still, I'm not sure whether the online docs actually mean anything
if they are not referenced by the License Agreement you click and if
they are not part of the software package you download.
The GPL has very specific instructions that you must distribute the
license with your software. Some software is distributed under multiple
conflicting license arrangements to different parties. The author might
license one user under a BSD license and another user under a
commercial license. As long as they own all the source code, they can
do this.
Similarly, Oracle software is distributed to some users under an OTN
license and to other users under a particular contract. So the software
itself doesn't have a license inherent to it - it's all about the terms
under which you acquired the software from Oracle.
I hear what you're saying about broader rights applying in the case of
a conflict, I'm just skeptical that when Oracle posts a document to
their website - even with "license" in the document name - this makes it
legally binding. I guess this is what real lawyers are for...
-Jeremy
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