There is nothing bad about the flash format. If it works in a free player I'm not aware of any other objections.
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Amir Elisha Aharoni <[email protected] > wrote: > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 19:39, Aryeh Gregor > <[email protected] <simetrical%[email protected]>> wrote: > >> This looks like MW can use flash 10 and its swf format. I asked Adobe > >> about this question. I let you know what there answere is. > > I am not a lawyer and I am not speaking on behalf of MediaWiki > developers or the WMF, but there's a simple practical problem: the > format may be open, but if you cannot actually use this WYSIWYG editor > with nothing but Free Software, then it cannot be on a WMF project. > Flash 10 is not Free Software. If this editor will work with an > appropriately Free Flash player, such as Gnash or swfdec, then it can > be considered to be included in a WMF project. Is this right? > > -- > Amir E. Aharoni > > heb: http://haharoni.wordpress.com | eng: http://aharoni.wordpress.com > cat: http://aprenent.wordpress.com | rus: http://amire80.livejournal.com > > "We're living in pieces, > I want to live in peace." - T. Moore > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
