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    Oracle Licensing 101: Oracle GLAS (formerly LMS) is Still Making it Up

    We attended Oracle's 'Licensing 101' session at RMOUG — and walked out more concerned than when we went in. Oracle GLAS (formerly LMS) presented guidance that contradicts their own contracts. Here's what they said, what's actually true, and why relying on Oracle for licensing advice is risky.

    Michael Corey

    Michael Corey

    Co-Founder, LicenseFortress

    March 2020
    4 min read
    Oracle Licensing 101: Oracle GLAS (formerly LMS) is Still Making it Up

    We attended Oracle's 'Licensing 101' session at RMOUG — and walked out more concerned than when we went in. Oracle GLAS (formerly LMS) presented guidance that contradicts their own contracts. Here's what they said, what's actually true, and why relying on Oracle for licensing advice is risky.

    The bottom line

    We attended Oracle's 'Licensing 101' session at RMOUG — and walked out more concerned than when we went in. Oracle GLAS (formerly LMS) presented guidance that contradicts their own contracts. Here's what they said, what's actually true, and why relying on Oracle for licensing advice is risky.

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    About the author

    Michael Corey

    Michael Corey

    Co-Founder, LicenseFortress

    Michael writes on vendor strategy, audit behavior and the business realities of enterprise software agreements.

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