On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Tzafrir Cohen <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Suppose you got some code from Oracle under the terms of the OLLE > (Oracle License for Library Evaluation), played with it a bit, and figured > it is junk you shouldn't use. You team went on to use your own code > instead. > > A year later Oracle sues your company (over an unrelated issue). Both > the Oracle lawyers and your company's lawyers look for problematic > spots. > > So, have you been contamination with Oracle-copyrighted code? Are you > licensed to use it? > Is this OLLE a real license or a hypothetical example of yours? I am no expert, but AFAIK Oracle do not provide source code, typically, and even restrict testing/evaluation/prototyping using their libraries in conjunction with GPL or other Open Source SW: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/testcontent/standard-license-088383.html The typical evaluation case is "here is a library and the API documentation, sorry, no source code ever". Fewer contamination issues result. -- Oleg Goldshmidt | [email protected]
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