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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:19:43 -0700
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On 4/26/12 10:30 AM, "olegsivokon@gmail.com" <olegsivokon@gmail.com> wrote:


>=20
> But there's published documentation with precise description of what the
> API do - why copying that would be a reverse engineering? It's like if I
> wanted to write a driver for NVidia adapter - there's no way I would avoi=
d
> copying all the same API they have in the hardware, and, eventually it
> would have all the same interface as the NVidia proprietary drivers. That=
's
> not stealing from NVidia (in the case outlined above), it's just creating
> an alternative, which cannot vary from the original because of what it do=
es.
I'm not a lawyer, and I've been surprised by how some of this legal stuff
works.  Above you used the word "copy" which I believe the legal term
"Copyright" is meant to limit.  IMO, the problem is made more complex in
that playerglobal.swc is not really code, it is more like a document.

--=20
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui