On Thu, 13 May 2010 19:31:47 -0400, Celejar wrote: > Adobe claims that they publish the Flash specs: > (...) > http://www.adobe.com/choice/openmarkets.html
Mmmm, and there are others that think this is not enough: *** http://www.openmedianow.org/?q=node/21 "(...) One reason for the lack of excitement over the project in the free software world is that it omits "huge amounts" of information needed for a complete implementation of Flash. In particular, Savoye points out that the announcement contains no mention of the Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) that is required for the Flash media server. Nor does it mention the Sorenson Spark Codec that is used for video encoding in Flash 6 and 7, and remains the choice of some users still for Flash video because other formats convert easily to it. Both may be encumbered by patents but, without them, the information that Adobe has released is of limited use." > I always thought that the reason for all the trouble with Flash on Linux > is that Flash was a closed standard. If the spec is published, why are > the FLOSS players so far behind Adobe's player? Is it just that > difficult to design a good player? As per the above link, it seems not all the specs have been released or made publicly available. There are also some concerns about software patents (for using -and distributing- MP3 codecs or FLV). Anyway, I agree with your "hidden demand" ;-) Look at PDF. PDF became a ISO/IEC standard but we (at linux) still lack for a PDF editor that can compete with Acrobat Professional. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.05.14.06.52...@gmail.com
