I presume this thread was all brought about by the /. article http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/31/0659254&tid=221&tid=1 87 According to the link provided in the /. article (http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5920796.html), Oracle has *proposed* a free version by "year end". Obviously this means that current download of Oracle 10g Express Edition is *not yet available under a free license.* -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Richard_D_Levine@xxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 10:55 AM To: nikolay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Postgresql-General; pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Oracle 10g Express - any danger for Postgres? Highlights from the license: My thoughts. This is not free, not even as in beer. Only good for a year. No production use (which is more restrictive than no commercial use. IANAL) You have to pay when they release it. Quotes (with my bolding) grants to you a no-charge trial license to use the pre-production beta version of the Oracle Database Express Edition software, documentation and product training (the "Software") provided to you by Oracle solely for evaluation purposes until January 31, 2006. Either party may terminate the license for the Software at any time. Upon termination, you shall cease using the Software. You may not use the Software for any commercial or production purpose. You shall not: d) disclose results of any benchmark tests of any Software to any third party without Oracle's prior written approval; if and when the Software is released in production, you may acquire licenses for the production version of the Software in accordance with Oracle's then standard licensing and pricing terms and conditions (which, at Oracle's sole discretion, may allow license of only some rather than all of the features of the Software). pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 10/30/2005 01:24:52 PM: > http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/xe/index.html > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5920796.html > > 'Oracle intends to release a free version of its database, a reaction > to the growing competitive pressure from low-end open-source > databases.' > > Your thoughts? > > -- > Best regards, > Nikolay > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
