Your not prevented from reading a swf you just can't "play" the swf. For example you can't read the swf player opcode and execute it.
cheers, Sam On Aug 1, 2007, at 7:06 PM, Robin Debreuil wrote: > How does reading a swf file create a new flash player? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:osflash- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Samuel Agesilas > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 3:17 PM > To: Open Source Flash Mailing List > Subject: Re: [osflash] SWF9 and FLV File Format Spec released > > Adobe did not have a choice on that one... they had to add that > clause in > there in order to keep the Flash Player from getting broken into > smaller > incompatible players. This way they have a player that is > guaranteed to play > the SWF file format. Imagine going to one site that uses one type > of player > to play swf content then you head to > another site that uses another player. Users would be downloading 10 > different Flash Players just to view content on the web. Not too > mention > some players would be platform specific leaving other users out in > the cold. > > cheers, > Sam > > On Jul 27, 2007, at 1:48 AM, Robin Debreuil wrote: > >> While I agree, and do find that totally annoying, I've always thought >> that was a clause to avoid 'death by Microsoft' -- where there >> suddenly is a new and 'improved' player that ships right with IE and >> comes on an Service Pack, and then browser wars all over again. >> >> That being said, wtf is the problem with 'reading' the swf format. >> "...or >> other program that reads or renders SWF files." >> >> That one is just plain greedy imo. That is "we own the data you >> created", yuck. >> >> Cheers, >> Robin >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:osflash- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicolas Cannasse >> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 11:57 PM >> To: Open Source Flash Mailing List >> Subject: Re: [osflash] SWF9 and FLV File Format Spec released >> >> Claus Wahlers a écrit : >>> http://weblogs.macromedia.com/emmy/archives/2007/07/ >>> finallyswf_and.cfm >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Claus. >> >> Be careful, the spec is "trapped". As soon as you read it, you can't >> write software that "play" a SWF... >> >> Nicolas >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> osflash mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> osflash mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
