[FLEX-33089] Clarify usage of playerglobal.swc and airglobal.swc

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: Apache Flex 4.8 (parity release)
• Component/s: Project Management
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Alex Harui
• Created: 27/Apr/12 12:31
• Updated: 23/Jul/12 18:29
• Resolved: 23/Jul/12 18:29

Description

As discussed in [1], Flex requires

1) playerglobal.swc to compile the majority of the Flex components
2) airglobal.swc to compile the Flex components targeted at AIR
3) many pieces of the AIR Integration kit which are need to do Flex mobile development

We might need clarification for 3), but for now we need to find out how to use these files while abiding by their license requirements and complying with the ASF's restrictions on incompatible license (http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html).

According to Alex in [1] those two files are covered by this license:
http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/pdfs/adobe_flex_software_development_kit-combined-20110916_0930.pdf

And it seems like they're only needed at build time, so users of Flex could get them independently.

[1] http://markmail.org/thread/muckogic3f2zwd7o

Issue Links

• blocks: FLEX-33096 Make at least one release