I think they need to put it out GPL instead of this "hyrbrid" license. It
would be much more likely to be accepted by the "open source" crowd and
others in that case.
DC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rey Bango" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 18:05
Subject: Re: WDDX.org is now OpenWDDX.org
> Dain,
>
> What do you see that makes it "non-open"? I can always forward your
comments
> accordingly.
>
> Rey...
> OpenWddx.org
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dain Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 4:31 PM
> Subject: Re: WDDX.org is now OpenWDDX.org
>
>
> > Gee, with all this talk about "open", one might look at the following
URL
> > and begin to question it's openness.
> >
> > http://www.openwddx.org/downloads/
> >
> >
> > Dain Anderson
> > Caretaker, CF Comet
> > http://www.cfcomet.com/
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 2:33 PM
> > Subject: WDDX.org is now OpenWDDX.org
> >
> >
> > > Effective today, Macromedia has formally transitioned responsibility
for
> > the
> > > Web Distributed Data Exchange (WDDX) Web site to a third party. All
> > > information that has been posted to the WDDX Web site, wddx.org, can
now
> > be
> > > found at http://www.openwddx.org.
> > >
> > > WDDX is an XML-based technology that enables the exchange of complex
> data
> > > between applications, creating what some refer to as 'Web syndicate
> > > networks' and enabling Web Services. Allaire created WDDX in order to
> > solve
> > > key problems in exchanging data between Web applications. In
particular,
> > > Simeon Simeonov, Allaire's chief architect, created WDDX to support
> > problems
> > > of distributed computing within ColdFusion. This work was generalized
> into
> > a
> > > cross-language framework, and resulted in the creation of the WDDX SDK
> and
> > > WDDX.org. Nate Weiss, an independent Web developer, with the support
of
> > > Allaire and a number of other third parties, created the WDDX SDK.
> > >
> > > Transferring responsibility for this Web site is consistent with our
> > overall
> > > goal of supporting this technology within the public domain. As
creator
> > of
> > > the technology, Allaire Corp. was at times perceived as the owner and
> > formal
> > > supporter of the technology, and that WDDX was a proprietary
technology.
> > > The establishment of OpenWDDX.org is intended to rekindle enthusiasm
and
> > > acceptance of WDDX in the developer community, and confirm its role as
> an
> > > independent and enabling technology.
> > >
> > > For more information, and a complete FAQ about the WDDX initiative,
> please
> > > visit http://www.openwddx.org.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > -Sam
> > >
> > > Samuel Coe
> > > Sr. Manager, Developer Programs
> > > Macromedia, Inc.
> > > 617-219-2133
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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