[osflash] SWF9 and FLV File Format Spec released

[Samuel Agesilas]

Adobe did not have a choice on that one... they had to add that  
clause in there in order to keep the Flash Player from getting broken  
into smaller incompatible players. This way they have a player that  
is guaranteed to play the SWF file format. Imagine going to one site  
that uses one type of player to play swf content  then you head to  
another site that uses another player. Users would be downloading 10   
different Flash Players just to view content on the web. Not too  
mention some players would be platform specific leaving other users  
out in the cold.

cheers,
Sam

On Jul 27, 2007, at 1:48 AM, Robin Debreuil wrote:

> While I agree, and do find that totally annoying, I've always  
> thought that
> was a clause to avoid 'death by Microsoft' -- where there suddenly  
> is a new
> and 'improved' player that ships right with IE and comes on an  
> Service Pack,
> and then browser wars all over again.
>
> That being said, wtf is the problem with 'reading' the swf format.  
> "...or
> other program that reads or renders SWF files."
>
> That one is just plain greedy imo. That is "we own the data you  
> created",
> yuck.
>
> Cheers,
> Robin
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: osflash-bounces at osflash.org [mailto:osflash- 
> bounces at osflash.org] On
> Behalf Of Nicolas Cannasse
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 11:57 PM
> To: Open Source Flash Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [osflash] SWF9 and FLV File Format Spec released
>
> Claus Wahlers a écrit :
>> http://weblogs.macromedia.com/emmy/archives/2007/07/ 
>> finallyswf_and.cfm
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Claus.
>
> Be careful, the spec is "trapped". As soon as you read it, you  
> can't write
> software that "play" a SWF...
>
> Nicolas
>
>
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