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Oracle license types

The table lists the supported Oracle-specific license types. When adding an Oracle order in Snow License Manager, you must assign one of these license types to each purchased product included in the order. The license type for an Oracle product is the unit of measurement for the Oracle license.

License type

Description

Full use

License limit is based on any application and interaction with third-party procurement (3PP) and unrestricted development rights.

Application specific full use

The license is application specific for a single independent software vendor (ISV) application and has restricted development rights and no interaction with a 3PP.

Application specific

The license is application specific for a single independent software vendor (ISV) application and has limited development rights and no 3PP usage is allowed.

Embedded

This license type is used when Oracle is embedded in the independent software vendor’s application. It is impossible for end customers to detect underlying data schema or tables.

Runtime

License with restricted usage in conjunction with the specific independent software vendor’s application with no modification rights.

Limited Use Other

This license type is used when end customers have an agreement with provisions not covered under any of the other supported Oracle-specific license types. What this actually means varies between customers.