Update: A quick heads up: I've decided to implement a change to the SWX MAMP Bundle disk image too and it looks like this is going to push the release to tomorrow (Friday).
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I am updating the site, uploads, screencast, etc., to Beta 1.2 today so the site will be in Beta 1.1/Beta 1.2 limbo for a few hours. I will make a comprehensive post once SWX has fully entered Beta 1.2.
I just recorded and released a new screencast for SWX that you can find at the top of this web site. It shows you how to create a simple, yet complete data-driven Flash application with SWX in roughly ten minutes.
The swxformat.org web site is now up and running on its own dedicated server. The public SWX gateway and the SWX Twitter API is also functional again after some downtime yesterday.
The problem with the gateway was the result of safe mode and open_basedir being active on the new dedicated server. This clashed with the use of CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION in cURL for the Twitter API. When deploying the current version of SWX, please make sure that you are not running in safe mode or with open_basedir set if you want to use the SWX Twitter API.
I am currently working on getting SWX Beta 1.1 and the SWX MAMP Bundle ready to demonstrate at the 2nd Open Source Flash Conference on Friday.
I have started backing up the SWX web site in preparation for the move to its new dedicated server. The server we're moving to should provide lots of horsepower for supporting the public SWX gateway and the various SWX APIs (Twitter, Flickr, etc.) today and into the future.
I'm getting the new server set up right now and once I'm happy with it, I'll be changing the nameservers over. The whole thing may take about two days (mostly waiting for the nameserver changes to propagate).
Once the changeover is complete, this post should magically disappear, only to be replaced with a welcome notice in the new blog! (The marvels of technology, really!) 
Update: The domain has switched over. Please bear with me as there appears to be domain propagation issues and the SWX gateway may not work for you today.
I've gotten a couple of questions asking about how SWX is licensed. I want to first answer this question in plain English as it concerns you, the Flash developer, before getting into the specifics.
A brief outline in plain English
The short answer is that SWX is open source. The source code that concerns Flash developers is licensed under the MIT License. The SWX server itself is licensed under the Creative Commons GNU GPL License.
What this means to you:
As a Flash Developer, you can freely use SWX to build and deploy both personal and commercial Flash projects. You can modify and build upon the sample applications and examples that come with SWX, and those you can find on my blog and on swxformat.org, provided that you give proper credit and you do not modify the copyright notice in the code.
If you are interested in the minutiae of the actual legalese, read on, and, if in doubt, always consult the actual license documents themselves.
Continue reading 'SWX Licensing: In plain English and legalese'
I just posted a reply to Patrick Mineault's post, explaining why SWX is a good idea.