Re: EventCollector into 4.6

[Dave Fisher <da...@comcast.net>]

On Jan 29, 2012, at 9:46 PM, Alex Harui wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: FRANKLIN GARZON [mailto:fgarzonhz@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
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