What are Oracle software licenses?

Oracle software licenses authorize individuals and instances to use a specific product, regardless of how often the product is used. This means that you can use multiple installations of a specific product, on one or multiple servers. If the individual is licensed once, no additional licenses are required.

How do I license extend or scale a database or RAC?

All Procedures that Extend or Scale a database or RAC are licensed with Oracle Database Lifecycle Management Pack for Oracle Database. From the Enterprise Manager home page, click the Enterprise menu, Provisioning and Patching, then Database Provisioning.

What are the licensing rules for Oracle Database?

The following licensing rules apply:  If non-human operated devices such as sensors are connecting to the Oracle Database, then all devices need to be licensed.  If human-operated devices such as bar code scanners are connecting to the Oracle Database, then all humans operating these devices need to be licensed.

What happened to the Oracle Java SE BCL license?

Oracle Java SE versions (including updates) released prior to April 16, 2019 are the only versions licensed under the BCL license, it is no longer used for new releases. What happens to the Oracle Java SE releases I may have downloaded under previous licenses, such as the BCL?