I'm all for a Flash emulator that emulates the functions that Flash currently has, but do not start an open source project that adds more functions and security issues and whatnot. Any further development must be stopped.
Petition to open source Flash
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Re: Petition to open source Flash
#252Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wine is an emulator, hence the name. (WINdows Emulator) By transcoding I am referring to rendering the flash content in a completely new medium. For example videos could be rendered using the existing closed source implementation into an open source video codec/format. For the interactive flash content, the content creators have the option of porting it to another platform to preserve the idea. Adobe even provides a…
(W)ine (I)s (N)ot an (E)mulator It's a compatibility layer.
Thank you for the correction.
Re: Petition to open source Flash
#253Chances are that Flash contains licensed third-party IP and thus Adobe couldn't unilaterally open source it even if they wanted to.
For example the several video codecs. But I think all of those are supported by VLC, for instance.
Re: Petition to open source Flash
#254Sometimes it is hard to say "goo bye". But we have to. Like growing kids, we should stock our kid's stuff in an old chest and forget about it. If someone really wants to reminisce or something like this, save your own local copy of flash and use it as u want. But in face of web community such things like flash really have to die. Thus how new directions of web will born.
Re: Petition to open source Flash
#255me personally, I love this idea and would work on this in spare time as long as my bottle of TUMS is within arms reach. Very Cool, Very Cool.