Flex 即将 Open Source ！

  　这个消息是相当震撼的, Flex 开源以后,将会大大加快Flex的发展,将引起一股Flex热潮．
现在Silverlight(wpf/e)还没有出到beta版, Flex已经发展好几年,经过这几年的发展,也表现的相当出色．将会有越来越多的人使用Flex替代ajax的(sap也用flex)的．我现在为Silverlight(wpf/e)捏了把汗,毕竟Silverlight(wpf/e)比flex还差太多了（silverlight没有controls,不支持c#,不支持linux等）．另外原理跟flex差不多的OpenLaszlo也会受到很大的打击．
　比较不爽的是flex对.net的支持不怎么好．可能以后java的方案用flex,而.net用silverlight了．
具体见 http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flex:Open_Source

Overview

Adobe is announcing plans to open source Flex under the Mozilla Public License (MPL). This includes not only the source to the ActionScript components from the Flex SDK, which have been available in source code form with the SDK since Flex 2 was released, but also includes the Java source code for the ActionScript and MXML compilers, the ActionScript debugger and the core ActionScript libraries from the SDK. The Flex SDK includes all of the components needed to create Flex applications that run in any browser - on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux and on now on the desktop using “Apollo”.

Developers can use the Flex SDK to freely develop and deploy Flex applications using either Adobe Flex Builder or an IDE of their choice.

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License

The source code for the Flex SDK will be available under the Mozilla Public License (MPL). The MPL will allow full and free access to the source code, allowing developers to download, extend, and contribute to the source code for the Flex compiler and framework classes. The Flex SDK will also be available under a commercial Adobe license. Offering a choice of licenses serves the needs of enterprise Flex customers and partners.

Mozilla Public License FAQ: http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/mpl-faq.html

The annotated Mozilla Public License (Explained in layman’s terms) http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.1-annotated.html

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Schedule

The source code for the Flex framework is already available within the free distribution of the current Flex 2 SDK. By this summer, Adobe plans to put in place most of the infrastructure (public bug database and public daily builds) required to run the Flex SDK as an open source project. We expect to complete the transition to a fully open source project (source code for the compiler, infrastructure for community contributions, etc.) by the end of 2007.

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Currently Supported Platforms

• Windows XP, Server 2003, or Windows Vista Professional/Ultimate with Java 1.4 (Sun, IBM, or BEA) or 1.5 (Sun)
• Mac OS X 10.4.x, Java 1.5 (as shipped from Apple) on PowerPC and Intel processor
• Redhat Enterprise Linux 3 or 4, Suse 10, Java 1.4 (Sun, IBM, or BEA) or 1.5 (Sun)
• Solaris 9, 10, Java 1.4 or 1.5 (Sun) Compilers only