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by misterS 1058 days ago
> Be specially careful when installing their extension pack, as it is an evaluation license.

Our company was targeted by Oracle Sales because they detected mere _downloads_ from our IP range. They couldn't prove any installations, but of course wanted the company to pay for commercial licenses.

Im not sure about the details, but in the end I think we bought a couple of licences & then blocked all URLs for the extension pack company-wide.
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benterix 1058 days ago
Is this even legal? After such an intrusion I wouldn't ever want to have anything to do with Oracle.
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dspillett 1057 days ago
> Is this even legal?

Probably not. But how would you feel about going up against Oracle's legal team to make the point? They, and other large companies, rely on this a lot when deciding upon whether or not to use dubious practises. I think Oracle's main business has become litigious & licensing arse-hole-ary, with everything else in their portfolio existing to support those functions, so they are rather good at it.

> After such an intrusion I wouldn't ever want to have anything to do with Oracle.

This sort of thing is why many people are wary of Oracle. The company has considerable form for this sort of thing and worse.

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jacquesm 1058 days ago
There are companies that weaponize the use of tracking to the point that just a visit from your IP address can result in leadgen.

For instance Lead Forensics, but there are others in this space as well.

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krylon 1058 days ago
Hence the blocking of said URLs afterwards.
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kotaKat 1057 days ago
I had sales drones get me just for downloading VirtualBox as a whole from our IPs. They sent me an email, tagged High Importance even.

"My name is <name> and I am part of Oracle Open Source Linux & Virtualization team. I have got an internal notification from my team that you have shown interest in Oracle Virtual Box... I would like to schedule a time with you to discuss the use cases in your organization, our recent version 7 announcements, and how Oracle can assist you in getting the maximum value from this offering..."

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nly 1058 days ago
Happened to me on a VPS also
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