On Jan 29, 2012, at 9:46 PM, Alex Harui wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: FRANKLIN GARZON [mailto:fgarzo...@hotmail.com] >> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 2:14 PM >> To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org >> Subject: EventCollector into 4.6 >> >> >> Are some other open source comunities in the similar way to us, so now >> with Apache Flex we can merge some open source related and grown more >> faster with excelente results.So, my questio is: we can take an >> eventcollator class native like: >> http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/1098/1/ActionScript-30- >> Best-Practices-Using-the-EventCollector-Class/Page1.html ? >> (this is part of: http://www.flashapi.org)
A quick look shows that flashapi.org is Dual Licensed distributed under the LGPL license and the SPAS Commercial License. LGPL license is not allowed in an Apache release - this is called a Category-X license. Please review the following: http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x http://www.apache.org/foundation/license-faq.html >> > I don't think we are supposed to be "taking" things regardless of the license. Correct. > If the owners of some source code want to contribute it, they are welcome to > do so Under the Apache License implicitly by attaching to JIRA, or explicitly by signing an ICLA or Software Grant depending on the ownership. > , but not everything belongs in the Flex project. For example, we have > already discussed that application frameworks probably don't belong in the > Flex project. Of course the PPMC must accept the code donation. It is the PPMC's responsibility to assure that the Licensing is correct. Regards, Dave > > Alex Harui > Flex SDK Developer > Adobe Systems Inc. > Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > >
