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Re: Flash is open?



On 05/14/2010 04:32 AM, Camaleón wrote:
On Fri, 14 May 2010 04:12:03 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:

On 05/14/2010 02:42 AM, Camaleón wrote:

Then, there must be an error in Wikipedia "Adobe Flash¹" page.

Not at all.

It says: "Licence: Proprietary EULA">:-)

¹ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash


You seems to be conflating 3 different entities:
1. Adobe Flash
2. Adobe Flash Player
3. SWF file format

AFAIK:

#1 As per Wikipedia → Licence: Proprietary EULA (it can be wrong, though)
#2 Adobe Flash Player is closed source, non freely distributable, etc...
#3 Falls into #1 (is just a "container")

No. It's a file format, and that file format has (except for Sorensen Spark) been published.

So, what is the current status of Flash technology, which license uses...?


You're still apparently confusing Flash the closed-source authoring software, Flash the closed-source player software and the proprietary-but-published (and very complex, with many different file extensions) SWF file.

Adobe's SWF license allows others to create "flash" players.

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