The google site says it is under BSD, but I did not look at the source code. It appears the authors did not remove the Adobe SCLA.
I have not checked to see if the dependency source code also has licensing problems. Can you do that? If it is just this file, I will try to contact the author. On 2/11/13 2:11 PM, "Philippe Mouawad" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks for answer, but source code contains the following, where do you see > BSD licensing ? : > > > /* > Adobe Systems Incorporated(r) Source Code License Agreement > Copyright(c) 2005 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. > > Please read this Source Code License Agreement carefully before using > the source code. > > Adobe Systems Incorporated grants to you a perpetual, worldwide, > non-exclusive, > no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license, to reproduce, > prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, and > distribute this source code and such derivative works in source or > object code form without any attribution requirements. > > The name "Adobe Systems Incorporated" must not be used to endorse or > promote products > derived from the source code without prior written permission. > > You agree to indemnify, hold harmless and defend Adobe Systems Incorporated > from and > against any loss, damage, claims or lawsuits, including attorney's > fees that arise or result from your use or distribution of the source > code. > > THIS SOURCE CODE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "WITH ALL FAULTS", WITHOUT > ANY TECHNICAL SUPPORT OR ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, > BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS > FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. ALSO, THERE IS NO WARRANTY OF > NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE OR QUIET ENJOYMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL ADOBE > OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, > EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, > PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; > OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, > WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR > OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOURCE CODE, EVEN IF > ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. > */ > > Regards > > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 11:03 PM, Justin Mclean > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> HI, >> >>> As license is hard to understand and not clear regarding what can be done >>> with the code, we don't know if we can fork the project on GITHUB. >> >> The original code is licensed under the BSD license which is fairly >> permissive. By my reading it would allow you to fork the project on GItHub >> as long as you kept the original BSD license with that code. >> >> See >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses#Proprietary_software_licenses_compa >> tibility >> >> The BSD license is compatible with the Apache License so code under the >> BSD can be donated to an Apache project. >> >> Justin > > > > > -- -- Alex Harui Flex SDK Team Adobe Systems, Inc. http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
