Adobe is providing flash players for all major platforms I simply don't see the point of gnash or other open source flash players. I do believe in opening up the swf, flv, rtmp, etc.. and building tools around that (haxe is a great example).
And no, I don't consider myself a leech, I do provide my share of open source software to the community. Cheers, Alexander 2009/3/27 Evert | Rooftop <[email protected]>: > Hey guys, > > Just reading bits and pieces from these threads, I just have one small point > to make. > > Aside from practical issues targeting for gnash and otherwise, which I can > completely agree with; I feel there's a bit of negativity around free flash > players in general. > > Although they might not be up to par with adobe's player, I feel the effort > is something we should all promote and support. > Open source has helped us all tremendously, and an open flash player is > something is not some special edge case. > > If you don't believe in the open source spirit, and you're perhaps just a > leech. you should still understand that competition drives innovation. > > I personally run the adobe flash player, but look forward to the day there's > solid viable alternatives. > > </end of rant> > Evert > _______________________________________________ > 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
