> As an example, what will happen if Adobe keeps cranking out Flash Builder > versions? Do committers get a free copy - or will they be expected to pay > for it themselves? >
I don't see how Flash Builder is related to the Apache Flex incubator, why would we expect to get copies? Flash Builder is just an IDE and not a requirement to do Flex development. > Adobe has said that they will donate people resources - what other > resources are they offering? If an email over a t-shirt as an award has > everyone pissing and moaning... I'm a little concerned if we hit a bigger > bump in the road. > It is my understanding that individuals are contributing and those happen to be Adobe employees and the company gives them the opportunity to use their time for that. Adobe is in that sense not involved in the Apache Flex incubator - it has donated the code. > Consider this... > > Johnathan Campos - Apache Flex wants to have a conference in San Francisco > on the first anniversary of the project. Since you're on the commiters > list... you'll be donating your time - pro-bono. Oh... and btw - the > conference can't make a dollar because it's non-profit. Oh... and btw - > Adobe didn't agree to supporting anything like that so... you'll have to > come up with sponsorship yourself or pay for it out of your own pocket. > Oh... and it's possible that Apache Flex may not even have anything to > release by the conference. Oh... and... > I believe you can have commercial efforts around the open source and non-profit Apache Flex project. The situation is just that Apache works in an open development model with volunteers and typically no compensation is given. - Peter
