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27-04-2007, 12:05 AM
April 26, 2007 -- Adobe Systems Inc. (http://www.computerworld.com/action/inform.do?command=search&searchTerms=Adobe+Systems+Inc.) today unveiled a new version of its Flex SDK development tool set, code-named Moxie, along with plans to provide its code to the open-source community.
The next version of the standards-based language and programming model, slated to ship by the end of the year, will be available under the Mozilla Public License (MPL) now used by the Mozilla Foundation (http://www.computerworld.com/action/inform.do?command=search&searchTerms=The+Mozilla+Foundation) and by Sun Microsystems Inc. (http://www.computerworld.com/action/inform.do?command=search&searchTerms=Sun+Microsystems+Inc.) for its Open Solaris operating system, Adobe said.
MPL requires that changes made to the code be kept under the MPL (http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/) license, and those who make the changes cannot freely distribute the altered code.
The open-source move was prompted by the increasing use of the Flex tools to build rich Internet applications -- Web applications that include the rich features of desktop applications but the ease of maintenance of a Web application, said Phil Costa, director of product management for Flex.
"[Flex] has reached a critical mass of people developing on the technology and partners extending the technology that by moving it into an open-source project, we can really grow the community and get the developers more involved in extending Flex," he said.
"[The MPL] strikes the right balance between being true to the spirit of open source … but also being friendly to the needs of commercial vendors like ourselves," Costa said.
Adobe in June will be setting up a Web site where daily builds for the next version of Flex SDK will be posted, he added. The site will include a public bug database for users to enter bug reports or other enhancement requests.
Flex SDK and other Flex products will still be available under commercial licenses
Source (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9017878)
The next version of the standards-based language and programming model, slated to ship by the end of the year, will be available under the Mozilla Public License (MPL) now used by the Mozilla Foundation (http://www.computerworld.com/action/inform.do?command=search&searchTerms=The+Mozilla+Foundation) and by Sun Microsystems Inc. (http://www.computerworld.com/action/inform.do?command=search&searchTerms=Sun+Microsystems+Inc.) for its Open Solaris operating system, Adobe said.
MPL requires that changes made to the code be kept under the MPL (http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/) license, and those who make the changes cannot freely distribute the altered code.
The open-source move was prompted by the increasing use of the Flex tools to build rich Internet applications -- Web applications that include the rich features of desktop applications but the ease of maintenance of a Web application, said Phil Costa, director of product management for Flex.
"[Flex] has reached a critical mass of people developing on the technology and partners extending the technology that by moving it into an open-source project, we can really grow the community and get the developers more involved in extending Flex," he said.
"[The MPL] strikes the right balance between being true to the spirit of open source … but also being friendly to the needs of commercial vendors like ourselves," Costa said.
Adobe in June will be setting up a Web site where daily builds for the next version of Flex SDK will be posted, he added. The site will include a public bug database for users to enter bug reports or other enhancement requests.
Flex SDK and other Flex products will still be available under commercial licenses
Source (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9017878)