Oracle ULA contract agreement risk factors
Oracle really wants to sell ULA license agreements to everyone. ULA stands for an ‘Unlimited License Agreement’. That sounds nice, but what limitations does that unlimited license have? And, what risk factors are involved? Let’s go through the details of what exactly an ULA will do.
First let’s look at the limitations. Unlike the name, it’s limited to at least the following points:
a) The entity/entities that are listed on the agreement
b) A specific (named) list of Oracle products
c) A specific region?
d) A limited timeframe (in general, 2 to 5 years)
e) Capped to a maximum amount of Processors. That’s a ‘Capped ULA’. Very boring indeed. Read more
The Oracle Support Recalculation issue
Sometimes you find out certain things too late when it comes to license agreements: I tend to call those things your ‘black holes’. Because you didn’t see them when you signed the contract, and because…well… they suck. This one applies to you aswell, if you like it or not. Read more
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