+1 On Jan 3, 2014 8:18 PM, "Joseph Balderson" <n...@joeflash.ca> wrote:
> FYI, here is my official request proposal to Apache. Alex, if you would be > so > kind as to forward this on to the folks at Apache that would be greatly > appreciated. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > January 3, 2014 > > To Who It May Concern, > > My name is Joseph Balderson, and I am a professional ActionScript 3.0 > developer > of 13 years, and a specialist Flex developer for 8 years now as of January > 2014. > I have been, in my professional life as an ActionScript developer, an > Adobe-certified Trainer, a teacher of Flash programming at Humber College > in > Toronto, a speaker at user groups, and a professional tech writer. I have > tech > edited a number of books by Peachpit, Friends of Ed and O'Reilly, and in > 2009 I > lead a 6-person team to write a 1400-page book Professional Adobe Flex 3 > by Wrox > Publishing, rated 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon. > > With the migration of the Flex framework from Adobe to Apache, good > internet > resources for Flex have fallen through the cracks, namely Tour De Flex and > flexexamples.com, both of which have functioned as essential > micro-tutorial > resources for the beginner, a quick reference for the more experienced > programmer, and visibility on its use to managers and stakeholders. These > two > resources have yet to be migrated/updated to Apache Flex. > > Thus, seeing a need in the programming community, and wanting to help > restore > and promote the adoption of Flex for its own sake, I have purchased the > domain > apacheflexexamples.com, with the intention of turning it into a > micro-tutorial > site with the same purpose and intent of the former flexexamples.com. (An > archive of the site as it existed prior to Flex's migration from Adobe to > Apache > in 2012 can be seen here: > https://web.archive.org/web/20111010030748/http://blog.flexexamples.com/). > > To be specific, the purpose and features of apacheflexexamples.com will > include: > > 1) provide blog-like micro-tutorials; > 2) will be administrated and authored by myself, Joseph Balderson > 3) tutorials will be short, on average "single page", thus no code > repository or > downloads of any kind will be necessary; > 4) where possible the most recent version of Apache Flex will be used and > indicated; > 5) an average of one post per business day will be issued on the site; > 6) commenting will be disabled, and users will be encouraged to discuss the > tutorials on the official us...@flex.apache.org list; > 7) an email address will be set up where users can contact the > administrator > (me) for the specific purpose of pointing out typos or problems specific > to the > examples which are non-specific to Flex framework errata issues; > 8) a resource/"blogroll" list of resource links will be situated in a > prominent > location in the left or right column so as to help users refer to official > Apache Flex resources; > 9) if desired, to avoid confusion with official Apache websites, a > disclaimer > similar to what is currently used in book titles and other publications > will be > indicated at the top of every page, "Apache, Apache Flex, and Flex are > trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation. Used with permission. No > endorsement by The Apache Software Foundation is implied by the use of > these marks." > 10) no personal promotions (other than an author credit on my part), nor > any > product reviews, endorsements or sales of any kind will be permitted on the > site: it is strictly for micro-tutorials pertaining to the Apache Flex > framework. (See the flexexamples.com archive as an example) > > In addition, if there comes a time when I am no longer willing or able to > administer the site or keep up a reasonable posting frequency, I will > commit in > writing to donating the domain and the site administration to the Apache > Flex group. > > The aim is to have a few dozen examples blogged and ready to go prior to > launch > sometime in February of 2014. A private beta will be issued, to be > reviewed by > the Apache Flex development team (and the legal department at Apache if > such is > desired) to ensure everyone concerned is satisfied with the end result > prior to > launch. Once the site is launched, posting frequency will be as indicated > above. > > All this to say that I am very vested and interested in conserving the > quality > and integrity of the Apache Flex name. And in order to help increase > positive > adoption of Apache Flex usage, I have purchased this domain with the > intent of > continuing on the work of the esteemed former Adobe employee Peter DeHaan > at > flexexamples.com with a new site. In the spirit of this intent, I humbly > request > your permission to use the Apache trademark in the domain name > apacheflexexamples.com. > > Thank you, > > Joseph Balderson > Flex Developer & Tech Writer > http://www.joeflash.ca > http://www.linkedin.com/in/joeflash > http://tinyurl.com/proflex3book > >
