I imagine one case is those that outsourced app development to some consulting firm, get the software back complete with 1y licence (+licence admin fee for the

I imagine one case is those that outsourced app development to some consulting firm, get the software back complete with 1y licence (+licence admin fee for the consultant's trouble, naturally) and then just renew it when prompted because of course. Or it's not supplied with one, but when contacted by Oracle the only negative thought they have is directed it at the consulting firm (grr why didn't they tell us about this).