On 8/7/07, Nicolas Cannasse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > so yeah you can blame Macromedia/Adobe > > to have a closed source flash player and because of that > > you're stuck and can not playback ogg file format > > or whatever else features you're missing > > > > but on the other end Macromedia/Adobe did implemented > > the most wanted feature: playback mp3, and also > > most of the other features that make sens. > > > > cheers, > > zwetan > > Thank you for making the whole thread OT... > > Please read previous posts, we were not talking at all about open > sourcing the Flash Player here, we were talking about the SWF File > Format Specification being not open. > > Creating Flash content and coding can be considered a form of art, just > like you would write a book or draw a picture. I can't imagine a world > where you would not be able to read the book you write, or watch the > picture you draw, and be free to do so the way you want. > > But this is the current situation with SWF file format. > > That was the whole point of the topic. >
OT ? the SWF file format and hence the spec being not open is completely corelated to the open source-ness of the flash player that's why we argue about the spec imho there is a fine line between reading a SWF file and playing a SWF file, as soon as you read so much of that SWF file that you can play it you got yourself a flash player, and that is where is the problem: allow other people to play SWF file or not. the license state that "This license does not permit the usage of the specification to create software which supports SWF file playback. " that's clearly to prevent other people to build softwares that can play SWF file so you don't have flash player clone poping all around. zwetan _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
