That is the only conclusion I can come to out of this wacky ruling. ?A huge warning to everyone, if you put your data in Oracle Spatial, you may never get it back out because it ceases to be data and turns into software. ?There is only one song that comes to mind here:

On a side note, clearly you don’t want me to live in your town our county. ?I grew up in Orange County and now live in Tempe. ?Possibly it is I who causes data to be locked away.