JDK 1.2 is out, and the license (http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/LICENSE)
contains the following language:
> 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.
This is clearly a problem, and I'm wondering if we should speak to someone
at Sun about it.
My guess is that this clause isn't even enforceable by law, since publication
of benchmark results doesn't appear to infringe on Sun's intellectual
property rights in the Java software. Does anyone know of a case where a
license restricting benchmark-results publication was successfully enforced
in court? Or shot down in court?
Matt Welsh
