Yes, we are aware of the Dreamweaver community's concerns on this matter. mike chambers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Massimo, Tiziana e Federica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 4:16 PM Subject: Re: Subject: MM will OWN my Devex Submissions? > > You are right that some of terms are necessary in order for us to > > legally operate the Exchange, and some are meant as protection against > > being sued in the event that we include features in future versions of > > our products which are similar to features that that were enabled > > through code uploaded into the Exchange. Basically, it's a simple > > precaution. Lawyers leave nothing to chance. > > Christian, the whole DW's community keep complaining about this since years. > It's one of the reasons why a few developers stopped uploading to the > Exchange and other (including me), carefully choose what to upload and what > not. > > Last year I won an award for the best DW MX's extension, I was asked to > upload it to the Exchange, but I refused due to that crappy license: > > http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/special/extensions/ > > Actually I have an improved version of the extension, but it's not going to > be on the Exchange unless you make significant changes to the license... > It's a shame, both for me and MM > > I don't want to attack you or MM, usually I would avoid posting something > like this in a public forum, but we started complaining the first week the > Exchange was launched, 3 years later nothing as changed... Instead you are > extending the license to the CF Exchange as well! > > Again, I don't want to attack anybody, I just think the community at large > deserve to know some background info > > Best > > ---------------------------- > Massimo Foti > Team Macromedia Volunteer for Dreamweaver > Certified Dreamweaver MX Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer > http://www.macromedia.com/go/team > ---------------------------- > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
