-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 19-01-2005 14:58, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > The norwegian schools are required to have browsers with Flash support > to be able to participate in some national tests. This made me > wounder, is Flash an open standard? > > I'm aware of some free Flash implementations, but do not know if they > are built based on the specifications or if they base it on other > methods to find out what to implement. > > Anyone know? > > <URL:http://bugs.skolelinux.no/show_bug.cgi?id=278> > >
A quick look at http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/open/licensing/fileformat/license2.html seems to reveal that the fileformat is _not_ free: Section 3b includes: > You agree to identify the SWF output from within your Product, whether from > the Save As, Export, or equivalent menus, as ?Macromedia Flash (SWF)? and to > refer to Macromedia Flash Also, try wikipedia (I can't reach the site at the moment). - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er n�r: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFB7myRn7DbMsAkQLgRAqjiAJ0VeJhHVhGWgLiUHjkEicoLxhtoYwCfU/z7 8gyPSnaODlxfz6q6/iALiAY= =xZq+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
