As far as including the .swc instead of the source files in order to get around Google’s requirements, no, I don’t think that’ll do it. I doubt they’d see a licensing distinction between ActionScript files and .swc files, but you’d probably need to check with them about that. I don’t mind if you use the .swc as long as you make sure that the license and copyright info are clearly communicated to your end users. But it doesn’t look like Google Code will accommodate that sort of thing.

Good luck with your project. Please let me know if you need anything else.

I understand under Point 10 above, that Greensock files cannot be included, but what about the compiled .swc file? Can my open source library include only the greensock .swc and still abide by Greensock’s license agreement?

Thanks.

All of your work products that are created and sold while your corporate membership is valid/active are covered by the special license. However, if your client takes your work product and redevelops it, making substantive changes and starts selling it or charging multiple customers access/usage fees for the new/enhanced product, they’d need to get a membership of their own because they’d be doing development work that leverages GreenSock code outside the scope of the product you created for them.

In terms of liability, your responsibility in that scenario is to communicate the licensing terms to them (tell them what’s out-of-bounds). I certainly don’t expect you to control them. They’re responsible for their own choices. Please just make sure they’re informed and that you abide by the license agreement (which is actually rather permissive).

I would only purchase the single developer license, naturally. What if a client to whom I am delivering code for a project that falls under the constraints of the commercial license sometime in the future goes with a different developer or developers, but continues to use your libraries in the project without their own valid license? Who is responsible for holding the license at that point? The client and the new developers may not be aware that they need to have a license. Would this in anyway be a legal issue for me as the original developer and license holder?

Thanks.

If I were to create a website that:
1) Uses Greensock software to render data (say images).
2) The website is free to browse and display these images.
3) A subscription fee applies on the website to, say, view other premium content (such as videos/music) that doesn’t explicitly use any GreenSock code above what is available freely.

Would I need a license in this case?