On 05/12/06, Neil Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> There is hope>> http://osflash.org/ This is very, very interesting. Because Flash blurs the distinctionbetween code and data, I wonder if it is inconsisent to object toproprietary Flash player software, yet accept proprietary Flash'content' software. I'll have to think about this! :-)
http://www.contentmanager.net/magazine/news_h20882_adobe_and_mozilla_foundation_to_open_source.html
In a recent ZDnet interview with the lead Gnash developer, therelevance of this to Free Flash player software was explained: -- 8< -- 4. How does Adobe's announcement that they are open sourcing theActionScript Virtual Machine affect the Gnash project? Very little, actually. Their released code will help Mozilla, whichhad a poor JavaScript engine, but not Gnash much. Tamarin is not aFlash player, it's not even close. It's probably about 10% of the coderequired for a Flash player. Many of the more advanced ActionScriptclasses, like SharedObj, NetConnection, LocalConnection, etc… aren'teven in this donated code. Even when using Tamarin, you still need arendering engine, graphics manipulation, etc… We will likely pickthrough the code to see what the v9 changes are, but that's about it.We still welcome Adobe's an announcement as a good thing. 5. Is there any possibility that Gnash will contribute code to theTamarin project? I seriously doubt it. We already have a good VM in Gnash, and we'vealready implemented most of the ActionScript classes. As we won't beusing Tamarin, there really isn't anyway we could contribute. They'rewelcome to steal code from us though if they don't mind the GPL. :-)-- 8< --- http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/index.php?p=177 -- Regards,Dave - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
