Re: [Gusdev-gusdev] other rdbms

[Steve F. <sfi...@pc...>]

one more thing to mention on this thread.  while i don't know much about 
the free version, when we last checked there were reasonably affordable 
oracle licenses available.

steve

Keith James wrote:

>>>>>>"Terry" == Terry Clark <tw...@cs...> writes:
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>    Terry> Matthew, there is a free Oracle release for Linux.  GUS
>    Terry> works fine with this.
>
>I think that you will be limited as to what you can do with this. The
>licenses I have seen specifically prohibit use of the free versions
>for internal data processing (or anything but the development of a
>single non-production prototype).
>
>Not being 100% sure about the licensing status (especially for
>personal editions) I've been searching the Oracle site. All the
>downloads I found involved agreement to their developer license which
>includes this statement:
>
>"We grant you a nonexclusive, nontransferable limited license to use
>the programs only for the purpose of developing a single prototype of
>your application, and not for any other purpose.  If you use the
>application you develop under this license for any internal data
>processing or for any commercial or production purposes, or you want
>to use the programs for any purpose other than as permitted under this
>agreement, you must contact us, or an Oracle reseller, to obtain the
>appropriate license.  We may audit your use of the programs."
>
>If anyone knows of a less restrictive Oracle release I would be happy
>to hear about it.
>
>Keith
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