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Re: Petition for a Flash plugin for Linux on PPC



> My understanding is that the Flash file format if documented.
> If this is true, this is a very good thing from Macromedia and I would
> prefer to encourage people to work on a Free player implementation (see 
> apt-cache show swf-player) that would work on all architectures (not
> only ppc).
> If this is false, I am very happy to miss this part of the web.

Yeah really.  I always considered the absence of a flash and real player for
linux ppc a blessing not a curse.  Why perpetuate proprietary data formats?
I don't use it, and I don't go to sites that use it and don't provide an
alternative.  I suggest reading:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
-Brett



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