Re: "The Player", a case for an independent Flash Player

2015-01-18 Thread Stephane Beladaci
@Carlos, I think we have to be careful with the open source term. I think the independent aspect is the key, as like I said earlier in the conversation the small piece of the Flash platform that is proprietary is the very reason why browser vendors have not be able to cripple Flash, have not been a

Re: Flatspark "ToggleSwitch" component not in Flex repo

2015-01-18 Thread yonaskolb
Hi, I'm the author of the ToggleSwitch Flex component. Sorry for the very late reply. I give my permission for this to be used for any purpose. -- View this message in context: http://apache-flex-development.247.n4.nabble.com/Flatspark-ToggleSwitch-component-not-in-Flex-repo-tp44357p44373.h

Re: "The Player", a case for an independent Flash Player

2015-01-18 Thread Carlos Velasco
I've always said that having an open source virtual machine to stand FLEX is the good way forward, so... At least interested in knowing more about the project. 2015-01-18 14:39 GMT-03:00 Erik de Bruin : > I applaud any new Open Source initiatives, and I think you are right > to use this forum to

Re: "The Player", a case for an independent Flash Player

2015-01-18 Thread Erik de Bruin
I applaud any new Open Source initiatives, and I think you are right to use this forum to look for people willing to help you out. The Flex community would greatly benefit from an Open Source player able to playback SWF files. I do however ask you to mind your language and temper the emotional con

Re: "The Player", a case for an independent Flash Player

2015-01-18 Thread Stephane Beladaci
We would leverage and use the full extend of the open sources components of the Flash Platform, and build the proprietary part of the player. It is actually the key, without it it would be merely the same as open standards and would fail for the same reasons HTML5 did. In order to run innovation in

Re: "The Player", a case for an independent Flash Player

2015-01-18 Thread Héctor A
Well, even if you are fully aware of it, I'll just say that what you are looking to make isn't something trivial, years of work. Maybe the best option would be to use LightSpark as the starting point. As for people to work on it, I'd say that trying to contact anyone who contributes or contributed