If that's easy to do, it probably wouldn't hurt.  Otherwise we should get
official answers.


On 4/16/13 2:04 PM, "Harbs" <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sounds like gobbledygook to me. Should I just ask Bob to give his okay to be
> sure? I think the code he wrote was on his own timeŠ
> 
> On Apr 16, 2013, at 11:37 PM, Alex Harui wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 4/16/13 11:17 AM, "Harbs" <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> There's one other issue with my code:
>>> 
>>> All the code is mine with the partial exception of NativeComboBox.
>>> 
>>> NativeComboBox was the result of a discussion between Bob Stucky (a friend
>>> and
>>> Adobe employee) and me. I observed that there were extensions created by
>>> Adobe
>>> that had dropdowns that extended beyond the bounds of the panels, and
>>> wondered
>>> how to accomplish that. Bob realized that NativeMenu could be used and wrote
>>> an implementation. I have since greatly modified his original
>>> implementation, but the original implementation was his. Do we need his
>>> permission recorded here?
>>> 
>> If you have doubts after reading this, then we should contact Apache Legal
>> as only they can give the official ruling.
>> 
>> But I think as long as you give attribution in the NOTICE file and include
>> the CC_NC_SA license and the Adobe modifications in the LICENSE file (see
>> [1]), you do not need explicit permission.  Apache Legal has ok'd CC_SA
>> licensed works but they did not explicitly ok the NC license (see [2]).  I
>> thought the NC part was a deal-breaker [3], but then Adobe overrides that in
>> their modifications [4].
>> 
>> Here are some links for your reading pleasure:
>> [1] 
>> http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html#best-practice-lice
>> nse
>> [2] http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html
>> [3] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
>> [4] 
>> http://www.adobe.com/communities/guidelines/ccplus/commercialcode_plus_permi
>> ssion.html
>> 
>> -- 
>> Alex Harui
>> Flex SDK Team
>> Adobe Systems, Inc.
>> http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>> 
> 

-- 
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

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