If you are using EventDispatcher in your code, there should be no reason for you to have to include the EventDispatcher source code. Anybody who has Flash installed will have that in their classes directory. Referencing a class does not mean you are distributing it. If that were the case, we couldn't even use MovieClip!
The only problem that would arise is if you were sharing your code with someone in an MTASC only environment where they didn't even have Flash installed. They would then not have the source of EventDispatcher on their system. I doubt there are many of those types of installations. Keith -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Moses Gunesch Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 3:48 PM To: Open Source Flash Mailing List Subject: Re: [osflash] Free-as-in-freedom version of EventDispatcher? > since it's subject to nebulous MM licencing agreements... Hmm.. this is really pertinent to my open source Fuse classes. Is it illegal for me to use built in macromedia classes, even EventDispatcher, in my code distributed under an open source license? Can someone who really knows the legalities give any sort of black & white answer on this? I mean I could see that this may be the case, however if people are using Flash they are using Macromedia code; therefore it is sort of a gray area when they are using classes distributed for all users of Flash. Especially since no one is reselling the code under open source. Speaking of which, related question - of all the licenses available is there a license that allows unlimited free use but NOT direct repackaging and reselling of the code, except when used for its intended purpose, as part of a project? I am a little uncomfortable with the MIT license in that it says it's okay to directly resell the code - this seems like the opposite of the open source ethic. Thanks, Moses Gunesch www.mosessupposes.com _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
