Re: [Trisquel-users] Adobe flash

[infinityfallen]

Firstly, there is one piece of sad news I need to break to you- Adobe Flash,  
unfortunately, isn't dead. It may not be the piece of web infrastructure it  
once was, but there is no shortage of functionality (games and legacy sites  
mostly) which demands it. Additionally considering Magic Banana's points  
above and the fact that Adobe recently revived their software for GNU/Linux,  
it's not as if Flash (Crash?) is yet a historical artifact.

Regardless of that, keeping abandonware proprietary does seem to be an  
endemic problem. I suspect most companies simply don't even think about the  
possibility of freeing the code, or won't/can't because of licensing and the  
perception of software as a 'product', which can (like with vintage clothing  
and vinyl disks) go through revival phases where they once again become  
profitable. I honestly don't know- perhaps some companies would free their  
legacy code if we asked nicely?