title: Is Oracle Database Standard Edition Free?
body: <p>I'm a beginner level RDBMS student. I need to manage and test SQL commands on one database on my laptop (localhost).
  I see 'Oracle Database Standard Edition 12c' (2.6 Gb) in the <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html" rel="noreferrer">download section</a>. So, is it free or does it need licensing?</p>