Hi,
I think this is a interesting news especially for small to medium size compiere installations.
Oracle offers a so called 'Express Edition' of the 10g DB for free.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/produc ... index.html
It has some limitations: DB size up to 4GB, one processor, 1GB memory but that's all.
It seems to be the better choice than the embedded licence because you are not restricted to the use of the compiere api.
Best regards,
Karsten