[CREATE] Legality of using PSD documentation in FOSS implementations

[Cyrille Berger Skott]

Hi,

Well to be a 100% sure you would need a lawyer, but as far as I am concerned 
there is no problem.

On Monday 25 April 2011, Jon Nordby wrote:
> It is not entirely obvious from the document itself but it seems that
> it is part of the Adobe Photoshop SDK, which is governed by the
> following EULA:
> http://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop/sdk/eula_generic_bak.html

They don't ask you to agree with the EULA. So you are not subject to the term 
of the EULA. Remember, the A in EULA stands for Agreement. So there are only 
two restrictions on that document:
1) you can't make copy of it and publish it (local copy on your computer is 
subject to your countries law)
2) you can't sue Adobe for inaccuracy.

> I guess the major issue is if FOSS can be considered "internal
> development", which might be a hard claim to make...
No it cannot be considered as such.

-- 
Cyrille Berger Skott