> What do you consider to be the one net step forward? The EFF > describes the situation as substituting one non-Free (not their > framing, mine) program for another -- the proprietary software used > to implement W3C-endorsed DRM instead of Adobe Flash. This instead of > Google using their own WebM in an HTML5 video element.
Because at least JavaScript can be run reliably with free software, whereas ActionScript cannot (Gnash is somewhat unreliable). But you are correct that the JavaScript is still proprietary just as the SWF-embedded ActionScript is. Andrew
