I assume they are probably thinking of a free for non-commercial use, which is great and all, but I assume that like the majority of folks here, I am using postgres very much for commercial use, and not just to run my personal website! So I would say it's not a big deal, infact it's not even a small deal, it's really nothing. Alex. On 10/31/05, Wes Williams <wes_williams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
