Re: Flash is open?
On Fri, 14 May 2010 05:00:51 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 05/14/2010 04:32 AM, Camaleón wrote:
>>> 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.
"Published" does not means FLOSS or GPL. I would like to know what is the
licence of Flash :-)
>> 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.
No sir, I am not confusing them. Is just Adobe licence of Flash which is
not clear enough, I'm afraid. If is "proprietary", we have a problem here.
Being proprietary they can stop publishing the specs at any time, at
their convenience :-/
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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