Macromedia offers new non-commercial license option for Flex

Macromedia has announced the Macromedia Flex non-commercial deployment licensing programme.
The programme will enable qualified individuals, including students, technology educators and individual developers, to build and deploy Flex applications for free.
More than 40 organisations, including Lockheed Martin, PC Connection, Telus and the University of Pennsylvania, use Flex to unlock the full potential of strategic applications by delivering a more engaging, effective user interface with less effort than traditional page-based web technology.
"Macromedia Flex has been making tremendous inroads into enterprises and organisations who really see the value in delivering rich Internet applications that enhance the user experience online," said David Mendels, general manager, Macromedia. "With this new licensing program, we are empowering developers who would otherwise not be able to deploy Flex to benefit from the enhanced interfaces that it delivers."
As part of the programme, qualified developers will be able to receive one copy of the Flex presentation server and one copy of Flex Builder, the integrated development environment designed to streamline Flex application development. The programme is designed to allow developers to learn Flex and showcase their work, but these applications cannot be used to promote or sell products or services, or facilitate the operation of an institution.
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