Far from unique
"third-party tools that have been verified by Oracle do not help users in terms of license compliance"
It's not just Oracle. It's widespread in principle. I was involved a while back in development of a tax accounting application. We found that strict adherence to the HMRC specifications for tax accounting software did not guarantee compliance as far as they were concerned. Nor do HMRC assure that the (obligatory) independently developed tax calculation applications comply with their requirements. However any errors are always by default the responsibility of the taxed party.
It's called 'being in a position of power' that allows you to show with impunity how corrupt you've always been.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
