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Many others have followed, including a new, above-board version of Napster.
很多公司也紧随其后，Napster也推出了一个全新的合法版本。
Note that I regard the three most common modeling approaches described above -- White Board Sketching, UML by PowerPoint, and Disposable UML -- as document-driven development approaches.
注意，我将上面介绍的三种最普遍的建模方法 —— 白板草图、用 PowerPoint 的 UML，和可任意处理的 UML —— 看作文档驱动的开发方法。
It also includes some credit that is off-balance-sheet but above board.
它还包括一些资产负债表外的正式贷款。

And Allen, as a result, fired Bliss and said that it would only take a coach operating above-board.
FORBES: Dave Bliss: Still A Cheater
The one way that would allow Mr. Clinton to fulfill that larger responsibility in a democratic and above-board fashion (as opposed to doing backroom deals with radical leftists and self-serving politicians) is to hold an honest plebiscite among the people most immediately affected - the Viequenses.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy
Kodak, like Fuji, has partly evaded those tariffs by selling most of its film through Hong Kong companies, which often smuggle the film in through the grey market, but its ambitions for the fast-growing Chinese market demanded a more above-the-board solution.
ECONOMIST: Kodak in China: Smile, please

If a plan or business agreement is above board, it is honest and not trying to deceive anyone.

An arrangement or deal that is aboveboard is legal and is being carried out openly and honestly. A person who is aboveboard is open and honest about what they are doing.