Thanks for the link Andy, it shows exactly the part that doesn't appear to be "free to deploy" to me: *License Rights * We grant you a nonexclusive, nontransferable limited license to use the programs for: (a) purposes of developing, prototyping and running your applications *for your own internal data processing operations*; That pretty much rules out anything "public" i.e. on the web, doesn't it ? Stefan ========================= Stefan P Knecht CEO & Founder s@xxxxxxxx 10046 Consulting GmbH Schwarzackerstrasse 29 CH-8304 Wallisellen Switzerland info@xxxxxxxx http://www.10046.ch ========================= On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Bobak, Mark <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Yep, XE is (and always has been) free for production use. > > -Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Stefan Knecht > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 10:04 PM > To: oracle-l-freelists > Subject: Express Edition for Production > > Hello all > For a new dot com startup company I'm looking at the various options > available, and one thing that struck me as new to me was that apparently > you can deploy XE free of charge for production use ? > > Can anyone reliably (preferrably with oracle.com link) confirm that? > > I was always under the impression that you're free to use it, as long as > it's only for non-profit applications. > > PS I am fully aware of the support issues and lack of patches and all that. > This question is only about licensing. > > Cheers > > Stefan > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l