[osflash] OSFlash - so what is Open Sourced?

[Justin Clarke]

Hi there,
it really is fantastic how fast the Open Source movement is growing 
within the Flash community, but I just had a few questions regarding 
OSFlash. I know Aral is a leading figure within the community and doing 
great things, but I wanted to know how the concept of Open Source works 
within an 'incubator' that is © Aral Balkan (OSFlash © 2005 Aral 
Balkan.), and where OSFlash, the OSFlash logo and mascot are trademarks 
of Ariaware Limited?

I'm well aware that it is beneficial for these types of communities to 
have something akin to a corporate sponsor (for instance sourceforge 
being owned by VA software), but I wanted to know how this affects any 
content individuals may produce for the wiki. Is the actual content of 
OSFlash.com Open Source (the articles, tutorials etc we will all submit 
and add to), not just the code, or is it copyrighted to Aral?

Is it possible to get a clear statement on these points, as I couldn't 
find anything on the wiki. I'm not overly concerned - those who take the 
initiative to start these things deserve to direct it to some extent. 
But thinking as a community over the long-term what are the implications 
of being dependant on a particular company or individuals - what happens 
to the content and projects if Aral took a knock on the head and quit 
Flash to be a visual basic programmer (perish the thought!), or was 
employed by Adobe? How do other Open Source communities manage and run 
themselves? These questions will obviously become more important as the 
community grows in size and prominence, so it would be good to start 
addressing them now :-)

cheers,
justin.