Fair Use Rules
Consistency and fairness are guiding principles for SPEC. To assure
these principles are sustained, the following guidelines have been
created with the intent that they serve as specific guidance for
any organization (or individual) who chooses to make public comparisons
using SPEC benchmark results.
Fair Use Guidelines
When any organization or individual makes public claims using SPEC
benchmark results, SPEC requires that the following guidelines be
observed:
- Reference is made to the SPEC trademark. Such reference may
be included in a notes section with other trademark references
(see http://www.spec.org/spec/trademarks.html for
all SPEC trademarks and service marks).
- The SPEC web site (http://www.spec.org) or a
suitable sub page is noted as the source for more information.
- If competitive comparisons are made the following rules apply:
- the results compared must utilize SPEC metrics and be
compliant with that SPEC benchmark's run and reporting
rules,
- the basis for comparison must be stated,
- the source of the competitive data must be stated, and
the licensee (tester) must be identified or be clearly
identifiable from the source,
- the date competitive data was retrieved must be stated,
- all data used in comparisons must be publicly available
(from SPEC or elsewhere)
- Comparisons with or between non-compliant test results can only
be made within academic or research documents where the deviations
from the rules for any non-compliant results have been disclosed.
Please see the specific Fair Use rules for each group (GWPG, HPG,
and OSG) for any additional
and specific requirements.
Approved Metrics and Submetrics
For the lists of approved SPEC metrics and submetrics that may be
used for competitive comparisons within the guidelines of the Fair
Use rules, as well as any guidelines for use of SPEC benchmark results
for research purposes, please see the specific Fair Use rules for
each group.
Acceptable Language
The following paragraphs are examples of acceptable language when
publicly using SPEC benchmarks for competitive comparisons:
Example:
SPEC® and the benchmark name SPECviewperf® are registered
trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.
Competitive benchmark results stated above reflect results published
on www.spec.org as of Jan 12, 2001. The comparison presented
above is based on the best performing workstation currently shipping
by Vendor 1, Vendor 2 and Vendor 3. For the latest SPECviewperf® benchmark
results, visit www.spec.org/gpc.
Example:
SPEC® and the benchmark name SPEComp® are registered
trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.
Competitive benchmark results stated above reflect results published
on www.spec.org as of Jan 12, 2001. The comparison presented
above is based on the best performing 4-cpu servers currently
shipping by Vendor 1, Vendor 2 and Vendor 3. For the latest SPEC
OMP benchmark results, visit http://www.spec.org/omp/results/ .
Example:
SPEC® and the benchmark name SPECweb® are registered
trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.
Competitive benchmark results stated above reflect results published
on www.spec.org as of Jan 12, 2001. The comparison presented
above is based on the best performing 4-cpu servers currently
shipping by Vendor 1, Vendor 2 and Vendor 3. For the latest SPECweb99
benchmark results, visit http://www.spec.org/web99.
Violations Determination, Penalties, and Remedies
SPEC has a process for determining
fair use violations and appropriate penalties and remedies that may be assessed.
