Netperf is a benchmark that can be used to measure the performance of many different types of networking. It provides tests for both unidirectional throughput, and end-to-end latency.
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DOC: License terms; OSI compatibility; are package repos commercial use? #45
I may be misunderstanding the license terms as well, but:
This [1] reads:
The enclosed software and documentation includes copyrighted works
of Hewlett-Packard Co. For as long as you comply with the following
limitations, you are hereby authorized to (i) use, reproduce, and
modify the software and documentation, and to (ii) distribute the
software and documentation, including modifications, for
non-commercial purposes only.
This is not an OSI-approved license by any means, but in interpreting this clause:
"(ii) distribute the software and documentation, including modifications, for non-commercial purposes only"
I'm not sure that fedora distributing the package (and any patches, if necessary) is commercial use?
Does that mean that you cannot sell HP's netperf package, but you can include the package in free software repositories?
According to this thread, netperf cannot be packaged in fedora due to open source license incompatibility? https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1729939#c6 ::
Dear 1993 HP, what would it take to suppose an OSI license for consideration? https://choosealicense.com/appendix/