Adobe open sources Flex
Even though the idea of free Flex is exciting, I was one of the many who complained that Flex should be made open source than free. But today, Adobe made a press release stating that the source code of Flex is to be released soon under Mozilla Public License. MXML, ActionScript compiler, command line debugger and Flex framework are among the list of those that are to be opensourced. However, the eclipse-based Flex builder still remains in Adobe hands.
FYI : Last November, Adobe announced the source code contribution of its ActionScript Virtual Machine2 (AVM 2) to the Mozilla’s Tamarin project. Adobe says that AVM2 is about 10 times faster than the AVM1 that we use on our browsers now. The Tamarin code will be included within SpiderMonkey, the open source JavaScript engine used by Firefox and other applications based on Mozilla technology (available in 2008).
Tags: adobe flex, flex, mxml, open source
