> There's basically 0 chance this would be legal if you're a private company. In the USA it would absolutely be legal and you would be bound by a binding arbit

> There's basically 0 chance this would be legal if you're a private company. In the USA it would absolutely be legal and you would be bound by a binding arbitration clause and a non-disclosure + non-disparagement clause. You might even be bound by a license / ToS which prevents you from comparing the capabilities of that system against a better system[1]. [1] https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2018/05/the-dewitt-clause-why-you-rarely-see-database-benchmarks/ https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2018/05/the-dewitt-clause-...