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- From: thompson@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov (William Thompson, code 682.1, x2040)
- Subject: Re: SQL*Net IP interface
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- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 13:31:00 GMT
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- In article <3000@uswnvg.uswnvg.com>, cjackso@uswnvg.com (Clay Jackson) writes...
- >Not that I'm an expert in Oracle license agreements, particularly those
- >with the Feds (and, I suspect that you'll probably be able to get at least
- >two divergent opinions from Oracle, depending on who you ask); but, it's
- >my understanding that Oracle is normally licensed by the total number of
- >USERS, no matter how they connect. As far as multiple copies of
- >SQL*NET are concerned, at least on Unix, the SQL*NET "interface" is linked
- >into both the tools (including the PRO*<language of your choice> runtime
- >libraries and the RDBMS "kernel" at INSTALL time. At runtime, you should
- >only need ONE "server process" per SERVER. The tools on each client
- >(including whatever code you develop in 3GLs) only need to be linked with
- >the correct libraries (which you would presumably do on the one machine).
-
- I'm not an expert either, but I believe you do have to pay a license for
- SQL*NET on each machine you want as a client, the cost of which will depend on
- the total number of users that can connect to the server from that client. You
- probably also have to pay at least for a runtime license for each client
- machine for any front end products you use, such as SQL*forms, and the price of
- that will also be tied to the number of users on each machine.
-
- Some software packages come with "floating" licenses that can be shared by
- several machines. For instance, if you bought three floating licenses for a
- product, then at any one time three people could use it all from one node, or
- from three separate nodes (or any combination). Sometimes the machines have to
- be binary compatible, and sometimes they don't. This can help save money when
- a product is used by a number of people spread out over a bunch of machines,
- but where a typical user only runs the software occasionally. I don't know if
- Oracle has such a licensing scheme or not, but I don't think so.
-
- If I'm wrong in anything I said, I'd be happy to be corrected by an Oracle
- spokesman.
-
- Bill Thompson
-