Oracle Spatial: Free in All Editions!

Good news for Oracle customers: as of December 2019, Oracle Spatial is now free across all editions — including Standard Edition 2. If you've been paying for it or avoiding it, here's what changed and what it means for your deployments.

Dean Bolton

Chief Architect, LicenseFortress

December 2019

2 min read

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Dean Bolton

Chief Architect, LicenseFortress

Dean leads LicenseFortress' technical licensing practice, covering Oracle, VMware, virtualization and infrastructure licensing rules.

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