OC4J Standalone Distribution - License needed?

Hi,
I'm using APEX 3.2 on a 10gR2 Database with an Oracle HTTP Server (Apache 1.3). In order to enable PDF generation within APEX, an OC4J standalone is needed according to PDF Printing in APEX:
[http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/application_express/html/configure_printing.html#05]
Can someone confirm that OC4J standalone does not need to be licensed separately? According to every Apex documentation the "Apache FOP with the OC4J standalone" is the way to go if you don't want to spend extra money on Oracle Licenses. And I definitely do not need the whole Oracle Application Server.
What really disturbed me was the first sentence on the OC4J Standalone Distribution Web Page:
[http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ias/htdocs/utilsoft.html]
All software on this page is to be used according to the development license unless you are a licensed Oracle Application Server customer. Oracle Application Server customers can use this software according to the terms and conditions of your Oracle Application Server license.
I'm not a licensed Oracle Application Server customer but I wan't to use the OC4J standalone in a production enviroment! Do I need to license OC4J standalone?
Regards,
Marco

hi %,
The official oracle reply:
Please find below additional information to OC4J licensing:
OC4J Standalone version can be downloaded for free from OTN but its usage is subject to the OTN Agreement.The OTN agreement is very restrictive and it is important that the partner and end user know of these restrictions.
There is a link to the OTN Agreement on the url provided:
+[http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ias/htdocs/utilsoft.html |http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ias/htdocs/utilsoft.html ]+
For example, the OTN program cannot be used for internal data processing or for any commercial or production purposes, or for any purpose except the development of a single prototype of your application.
For for any commercial or production purposes OC4J is part of Internet Application Server (Standard Standard One and Enterprise Editions) and WebLogic Suite. These programs would need to be licensed in order to use OC4J.
Unfortunately, I do not have an Oracle supported way to genereate PDF within APEX which does not cause any additional license costs.
cheers,
Marco

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