Yuk. You're right. I will talk to the Studio11 folks, and see if we
can get this clause removed.
I've seen this clause before in other licenses (it did get removed when
we asked).
Let's see what we can do!
Mike
Eric M. Mantion wrote:
I hate to rain on the parade, but isn't this whole thread moot? Even if
someone made or discovered the perfect benchmark, isn't it verboten to compile
it? I’m assuming that the clause in the Sun Studio 10/10 license means that no
one can compile the benchmarks and publish them, n’est pas?
http://opensolaris.org/os/community/tools/sun_studio_tools/sss11ent/
http://opensolaris.org/os/community/tools/sun_studio_tools/sssent/
<b>Restrictions.
(f) <i>You may not publish or provide the results of any benchmark or comparison tests run
on Software to any third party without the prior written consent of Sun. </i></b>
Being able to do benchmarks (free as in beer or otherwise) but not talk about
them is like dating a supermodel and not being able to tell anyone.
If I’m wrong, please let me know. I’d love to be wrong, but I don’t think I am.
If the above clauses were removed, then we could do real “Free, Fair, & Open
Benchmarking,” but I don’t imagine we’ll see Sun’s lawyers allow that anytime soon…
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