I'm in contact with them to approach the donation.
Stay tunned! ---------------------------- Igor Costa www.igorcosta.com www.igorcosta.org On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:34 PM, João Fernandes < joaopedromartinsfernan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Igor shouldn't be the guys from ModestMaps to donate the code? Have they > filled the proper docs for donation? > > > On 20 March 2013 22:23, Igor Costa <igorco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > @Joao. > > > > Flex component is based on Apache License, the Modest Map engine is the > > base for the component but the idea in the component and most of them > will > > be my own, Since I'm comitter of SDK it's a feature pending approval by > > community. I still pending approval by the guys at modest to approve > > donation of classes at core engine. > > The only concern that I really care about is the license of Maps vendors, > > Openstreet just need to show the copyrights notice, others like Google, > > Nokia Here, Bing, needs a api_key which will be implemented in the > > component. > > > > @Frederick @Marcus, Openscales is a great open-source map project, but > > doesn't fit on Flex SDK due to other license aproach > > http://openscales.org/license/index.html and some ideas in their current > > project can be implemented in our current one. > > > > Foundation is make a very UI consistence component for Maps rather than > > depending on vendors sdks. > > > > But to make it clear, It's a very first draft that needs more > > implementation and rights of use for tile base images, From what I've > read > > in their Agreements license we can start using it, we're just consuming > > tile images 256px png files from their API services. But most requires > the > > copyright notices from their images, the only one that needs license > > mention is openstreet. Major licenses approaches from API request token, > > keys. > > > > Best Regards > > ---------------------------- > > Igor Costa > > www.igorcosta.com > > www.igorcosta.org > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Frédéric THOMAS < > webdoubl...@hotmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Hi Igor, > > > > > > What's the differences relative to this one [1] > > > > > > Thanks, > > > -Fred > > > > > > [1] http://openscales.org/ > > > > > > -----Message d'origine----- From: Igor Costa Sent: Wednesday, March 20, > > > 2013 10:02 PM To: dev@flex.apache.org Subject: Open source Flex maps > > > components > > > Hi there guys. > > > > > > > > > I was busy theses days working on maps for Flex, and turns out that we > > had > > > left so less, Google,yahoo drops support. > > > > > > And I guess is time to create our very own component and integrate in > the > > > current SDK, spliting overall problems on platform support. > > > > > > I'd like to introduce Flex-Maps > https://github.com/igorcosta/**flex-maps > > <https://github.com/igorcosta/flex-maps> > > > > > > It's based on ModestMaps engine and includes basic functionality found > in > > > Goole Maps like, Markers, Collections, InfoWindow. > > > > > > > > > So, the idea behind is to fullfill the gap left by major vendors and > help > > > developers using current vendors out there with their own maps. > > > > > > Right now the components includes the following services: > > > > > > - Openstreet maps > > > - Nokia Here maps > > > - Microsoft Bing Maps > > > - Yahoo Maps > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm planing to include in the flex SDK, but has a lot to be done > before I > > > submit. > > > > > > From now I just need some feedback. > > > > > > > > > Best Regards > > > ---------------------------- > > > Igor Costa > > > www.igorcosta.com > > > www.igorcosta.org > > > > > > > > > -- > > João Fernandes >
