Absolutely right. Anybody could have a license that differs from the OLSA. It has been my experience, or at least my *belief*, however, that *most* Oracle customers are governed by some form of the OLSA. (Very large customers, however are less likely to be.) Okay -- let me be honest, most clients I talk to seem to have no idea what their licensing terms are... In any event, while anybody *may* negotiate ammendments to the standard Oracle contract, they must be executed *in writing* by a duly authorised officer of Oracle corp. Somehow, I doubt that most sales reps fall into that category... My bottom line on this topic remains unchanged -- if you want to understand your licensing rights and obligations, there is one and only one valid source of information: *your license agreement*. Sadly, there are *lots* of unreliable sources, and even more sadly, I have found that Oracle sales reps are sometimes among the worst. On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Goulet, Dick <richard.goulet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mark, > > > > What you have is the "general" user license that they have > published on the web in the event that you buy software through the web and > not through Oracle sales. Yes, read the actual contract your running under > & get the legal beagles involved because the alternative can be expensive. > Oracle sales is allowed to change the license, within bounds specified by > Oracle's legal folks, and the terms in the signed contract are what you and > Oracle are bound to. If your not sure & your legal folks can't clarify the > situation a call to Oracle's License Management Service (LMS) can be > helpful. They can wade through the legal mumbo-jumbo & give you what your > particular CSI is licensed for. What you really don't want is an unexpected > visit from LMS to "evaluate your license & usage". Although the outcome can > be friendly it also comes with a very large stick attached. BTDT, OUCH! > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dick Goulet / *Capgemini* > North America P&C / East Business Unit > Senior Oracle DBA / Hosting > Office: 508.573.1978 / Mobile: 508.742.5795 / www.capgemini.com > Fax: 508.229.2019 / Email: *richard.goulet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx* > 45 Bartlett St. / Marlborough, MA 01752 > > *Together: the Collaborative Business Experience * > ______________________________________________________________ > ------------------------------ > > -- Cheers, -- Mark Brinsmead Senior DBA, The Pythian Group http://www.pythian.com/blogs