Thanks for the reply, Matt. If this is not ok, what would be acceptable methods for accomplishing things like code completion in third party editors? Obviously, doing this requires knowledge of the structure of all AS3 classes and Livedocs seems like the best/only 'open' and free to the public source of this information. I really don't think any serious developer would consider an editor adequate without this functionality.
Thanks, Ben --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Matt Chotin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a phone call with our lawyer tomorrow, I'll ask him. Offhand I > don't think scraping the livedocs is kosher, but let me get back to you. > > > > Matt > > > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of ben.clinkinbeard > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 5:34 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Adding AS3 support to 3rd party editors - > legal question > > > > Anyone? Is there a different place I should be asking this? > > Thanks, > Ben > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > , "ben.clinkinbeard" > <ben.clinkinbeard@> wrote: > > > > Dear Adobe, > > > > I was recently having a discussion about adding AS3 support (code > > completion, type checking, etc) to a 3rd party editor and a > > legal/copyright/license question came up that I am hoping to get a > > definitive answer to. The question is basically whether or not its ok > > to create files required by the editor by scraping the language ref > > pages available on LiveDocs. > > > > It seems to me that this would be fine since (a) the pages are freely > > available to the public and (b) the SDK was released for free to > > encourage adoption and things like code completion are more or less > > requirements for an editor to be considered a legitimate development > > environment. > > > > Is my thinking correct? > > > > Thanks, > > Ben > > http://www.returnundefined.com/ <http://www.returnundefined.com/> > > > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
