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please ask your oracle sales representative.

the use of oracle linux is free, the license has different forms, the most simple one grants you access to oracle's up2date facility for updates.
another license form is updates + support, which costs more.

I'd like to clear up some terminology. Oracle Enterprise Linux is software that's free to download, use and re-distribute. Unbreakable Linux is a support program for Red Hat and Oracle Enterprise Linux which, as Frits points out, is offered in different levels. Details, including pricing, are in this FAQ:

http://www.oracle.com/technologies/linux/ubl-faq.pdf

More details: http://otn.oracle.com/linux

Sergio

thanks to all.
What I'm interested in is the price (update+support unbreakable). Since we should decide to buy.
Regards.

You can see the pricing in the FAQ.

Sergio

Hello,
using Oracle Enterprise Linux is free of charge, but is it also free for commercial use ?

Regards,
Łukasz

Yes, it's free to install and use for commercial purposes. You may review the license when you download from http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux

Sergio

Cheers Sergio

Hi Sergio,

Just a quick one on patches/updates to OEL. Although the initial distribution is free to download and use which is great, do you have to pay for patches to correct issues in that distribution etc. So not an update for extra functionality but a patch to fix an issue. If they are free do you know how users can obtain them and also know about them.

I guess this may come under support and patches are classed as updates, which of course you may have to pay for but I wanted to clarify it as I use OEL a fair bit and although have support/ metalink access for a db product which I bought, I don't pay for OEL support such as Unbreakable Linux.

Thanks Cel

Hi Sergio, apologies I just read the doc you pointed to earlier:

http://www.oracle.com/technologies/linux/ubl-faq.pdf

It clearly says you need to have support to access patches etc.

Thanks Cel

Hi Sergio (again!! I did not read through the whole document before my last reply).

Having said that the document also says:

"Oracle makes all Linux patches and updates available under GPL and anyone including Red Hat can take those fixes. Oracle plans to synchronize with every major RHEL software release including updates. If Red Hat does not include Oracle fixes in their update releases, Oracle will include the additional fixes at the time of each major synchronization with the current RHEL software release."

Are these patches provided at a source level or in RPMS etc. If in RPMS how can we find out when they are made available under GPL and where could we download them from.

Thanks Cel

Cel,

We publish the source for Enterprise Linux and subsequent updates and errata we produce here:

http://oss.oracle.com/el5/

and

http://oss.oracle.com/el4/

Sergio

Thanks Sergio, that's great. Will have a look through it today.

Cel