Microsoft license agreement
David Buck
david at simberon.com
Wed Jul 3 17:41:13 UTC 2002
Jarvis, Robert P. (Contingent) wrote:
>When installing YAMSP (Yet Another Microsoft Security Patch) today I noted
>the following in the End-User License Agreement:
>
> * You may not disclose the results of any benchmark test
> of the .NET Framework component of the OS Components to
> any third party without Microsoft's prior written approval.
>
>Golly, I *knew* I'd find a reason to load .NET... :-)
>
There is a similar clause in the Cincom license agreement:
5.3 Licensee shall not transfer or otherwise disclose (i) the
Products, (ii) any associated programs derived or developed from the
Products, or (iii) the results of any benchmark tests run on the
Products, without the prior express written approval of Cincom.
It sounds like a pretty standard clause. I must say, that benchmarking
is very tricky business and comparing apples to apples is hard. I don't
blame these companies for not wanting benchmarks posted by people who
don't understand how to write good fair benchmarks.
David Buck
Simberon Inc.
www.simberon.com
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