Shouldn't this stuff be posted on macromedia 'list' at houseoffusion.com? I believe that's why that list exists...? This isn't code related (distribution of code, yes, code related, no).
Just curious, ~Todd At 09:52 AM 3/10/2003 -0600, you wrote: >I think you're right to be concerned. I remember when Apple did this with >their online iDisk accounts and Yahoo with their Geocities accounts. In all >these cases we can guess that the intent is that they just need to have the >right to copy and redistribute the material which is the purpose of the >DevEx. But the problems arise with the phrases "perpetual", "irrevocable", >and "modify". I'll leave "create derivative works" up to the jury here >though in my opinion it's pretty significant. > >A basic tenet of copyright law is that the creator is granted automatic >copyright. The submission requirements you pointed out appear to do more >than just grant a limited right to copy to Macromedia for the purposes of >operating the DevEx. It appears that agreeing to them constitutes a complete >signing over of copyright ownership to Macromedia. That means they can call >it their own and resell it at a profit without recompensing you. They can >even integrate it into their own products without recompense. > >The question is how much of that is the purpose of the DevEx? We all use it >to help our own projects, and MM shouldn't be any different. However, it >seems to me that MM is in a somewhat unique position by having the ability >to integrate submissions into products like Dreamweaver. Is there a >difference though between keeping the code and ownership intact and bundling >it or the alternative of taking the code concepts and creating a derivative >work they call their own and make a profit on? > >The community persuaded Apple to change their policy. It's up to the >community to make Macromedia change theirs. I'm not a lawyer, but I suspect >a lawyer would tell you to run, not walk, away from the DevEx based on the >current terms. > >-Kevin ---------- Todd Rafferty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://www.web-rat.com/ Team Macromedia Volunteer for ColdFusion http://www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/ http://www.devmx.com/ ---------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
