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. 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. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ driver-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/driver-discuss
