YourKit Java Profiler Open Source License Request

[Donald Smith]

Laurent,

Thanks for this question, here are my initial thoughts...  I'm hoping 
some of the other technical suggestions people have made are helpful, 
because I don't think this is a viable path.  I'm not sure how many 
other communities handle this scenario, but I know when I was at 
Eclipse, for example, projects were discouraged from endorsing products 
in this manner.  Moreover, submissions advertising goods or services are 
discouraged in our web site Terms of Use.

  - Don


On 06/05/2013 5:46 AM, Laurent Bourgès wrote:
> Dear Dalibor, Donald and java2d members,
>
> I am currently working hard to improve performances of the pisces 
> java2d renderering engine.
>
> To help me improving cpu hotspots, I need an efficient java profiler 
> (lower overhead than netbeans profiler).
>
> I *personally* requested this morning an "open source" license for 
> Yourkit Profiler.
>
> As you can see in the sales response (below), this license can be 
> granted free of charge *but it requires a public acknowledgement on 
> the 2D Graphics Group page of the OpenJDK web site*.
>
> As I am only a contributor, who can decide if it is possible (dalibor, 
> donald) ?
> What are your opinions ?
>
> Moreover I think having such profiler could be helpful to other 
> openjdk projects as well. If anybody else is interested, please say it 
> on the discuss mailing list.
>
> Apparently, licenses are given to persons having their names:
> "Please send me the list of developers (names and surnames) who need 
> licenses."
>
> Best regards,
> Laurent
>
> PS to Vladimir Kondratyev: I am waiting for the openjdk project 
> manager decision before going further.
>
> FYI, here are the license request email followed by the Yourkit sales 
> response:
>
> 2013/5/6 Vladimir Kondratyev <sales at yourkit.com 
> <mailto:sales at yourkit.com>>
>
>     Dear Laurent,
>
>     Thank you for your interest in our products.
>
>     We are ready to provide free of charge licenses for "The 2D
>     Graphics Group" project.
>
>     Please send me the list of developers (names and surnames)
>     who need licenses.
>
>     In return we require to place small a small free-form text
>      endorsement/testimonial to the project web
>     site.
>
>     The testimonial should contain the text that 2D Graphics Group is
>     using YourKit profiler
>     and contain a reference to YourKit web site. If you need a
>     graphical logos, please find them attached.
>
>     For example:
>
>     "
>     YourKit is kindly supporting 2D Graphics open source projects with
>     its full-featured Java Profiler.
>     YourKit, LLC is the creator of innovative and intelligent tools
>     for profiling
>     Java and .NET applications. Take a look at YourKit's leading
>     software products:
>     <a href="http://www.yourkit.com/java/profiler/index.jsp">YourKit
>     Java Profiler</a> and
>     <a href="http://www.yourkit.com/.net/profiler/index.jsp">YourKit
>     .NET Profiler</a>.
>     "
>
>     Best regards,
>     Vladimir Kondratyev
>     YourKit, LLC
>     http://www.yourkit.com
>     "Don't get lost in data, get information!"
>
>
>     Monday, May 6, 2013, 9:16:12 AM, you wrote:
>
>     > Hi,
>
>     > I am currently working hard to improve cpu and memory
>     performance of the
>     > pisces java2d renderering engine for the open jdk 8: see java2d
>     mailing
>     > list: openjdk.java.net/groups/2d/
>     <http://openjdk.java.net/groups/2d/>
>
>     > I am using both netbeans profiler and my own probes in the code,
>     but I
>     > would like to use your profiler to help me having better and
>     more accurate
>     > metrics.
>
>     > regards,
>     > laurent
>
>