I am not familar enough with these projects to know what their issues might or might not be. But just to be clear, I believe the issue of whether or not protocols can be reverse engineered is settled law.
http://news.com.com/Judges+OK+garage+door+openers+in+copyright+case/2100-1028_3-5341625.html Of course, people can sue over anything, and that is a risk. People sue over things about which there is no merit, and that could easily include adobe. They have done so in the past. In the case linked to above the court of appeals clarifies what should be obvious. Copyright law cannot be used to prevent people from reverse engineering communication protocols for interoperability. Now Adobe could potentially claim that under the EULA, that they restrict such reverse engineering. Now I think it is unlikely that the courts will support that position since there are no known cases that support that in the context of communications software. Moreover, it is entirely possible to reverse engineer a protocol for these products without agreeing to a eula. Flash is accessible without even click signing a eula because it comes embedded in browsers and computers. The bottom line is that the court stands firmly on the side of companies who wish to create interoperable products. But, it is always possible that Adobe could use the threat of lawsuit, regardless of how baseless, to throw cold water on movements that dont have the funding to fight. Hank On 10/25/05, Mike Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why do you assume they have no issues? > > mike chambers > > > Thomas Wester wrote: > > Thanks for the heads up Aral. > > > > However I fail to see a clear connection with the MTASC future > > discussion. The Red5 or amfphp projects have no issues with > > deconstruction the AMF protocol I can't see how deconstructing a f8.5 > > .swf is any different. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > osflash@osflash.org > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list osflash@osflash.org http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
