Even lawyers don't understand Oracle licensing.
What is the legal definition of software development vs software testing.
Production is legally defined
but all the rest is ......
The whole OTN agreement contradicts itself. I have yet to find a lawyer that
finds the OTN license acceptable.
Many have issues with the whole dependent on another product stuff. What
happens if 10 years down the road
they drop the licensed product but continue to use the the dependent product
unknowingly.
Is a bug fix development of a new program? or Production maintenance?
Is testing of a program that has not reached production, development testing or
production testing?
I tell the clients how many sockets I believe they need to be licensed for, and
then I document
which license I believe every database and Oracle application I know about is
under.
After that I do lots of arcane and superstitious things, like drinking, that
are absolutely required to regain sanity
after attempting to deal with Oracle licensing complexities
YMMV
Dave
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Dave Morgan
Senior Consultant, 1001111 Alberta Limited
dave.morgan@xxxxxxxxxxx
403 399 2442
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