James Carlson 写道: > yf206721 writes: > >> Netperf does not belong to SUN,so we can't open source and deliver it. >> > > I don't understand. > > Netperf *IS* open source. Sun doesn't have to do anything in order to > cause it to be open source. Rick Jones at HP has been maintaining > this useful tool for years and graciously keeping it functional on > Solaris and testing it on our platforms all that time. > > Hi James Yeah,netperf is a open source software. But the OSR(open source review) number for netperf is internal use only. can not distribution outside of Sun for any purpose.
The OSR number for netperf is #3124 you can review it at this link https://opensourcereview.central.sun.com thanks -yuan.fan > http://www.netperf.org/netperf/NetperfPage.html > > He's even tried testing new adapters and new Sun platforms, even > though he works for HP. I think you'd have to look hard to find > someone working at a competitor's shop who is more positive about Sun. > > Sun *regularly* delivers software that it doesn't own. That's what > the SFW consolidation is all about. Heck, it's what *Solaris* is all > about -- we certainly didn't write all of this stuff ourselves. > > My guess here would be that someone at Sun might be overly concerned > with the implications of the "non-commercial purposes only" phrase in > this license: > > > http://www.netperf.org/netperf/training/Netperf.html#0.2.2Z141Z1.SUJSTF.6R2DBD.2 > > Rather than delivering non-functional software, which seems like a > pointless exercise to me, let's figure out how to get a working copy > of netperf into one of the freeware repositories and delivered in an > easily usable form. > > > I've dealt with Rick Jones in the past, and he's an *extremely* > helpful guy. Drop him a line and tell him you'd like to have our > lawyers and HP's do lunch sometime. > > _______________________________________________ driver-discuss mailing list driver-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/driver-discuss
