Open Screen say what?
Posted by Double Compile on Thursday, May 1. 2008
You might know by now that Adobe makes my blood boil sometimes. Their needlessly expensive graphics and publishing package represents all that open source is not. When I read news blips this morning about Open Screen, I was pleasantly surprised.
This blurb taken from a CNet article:
Wadhwani said the Open Screen project has five basic elements. Adobe will remove license restriction on the .swf file format. "It is published already, but in order to view it you have to say you will not create a competing player," said Wadhwani. "We're lifting that restriction. People have been worried about vendor lock-in. This will remove that obstacle, and concern."
Adobe will also remove licensing fees for embedding Flash Player on devices. The software has always been a free download for PC users. But Adobe has charged for embedding on devices. Those charges will disappear with the next release of the software.
Even though Adobe still rubs me the wrong way, this move is entirely in the right direction. Maybe this means I can finally get a working Flash player on my x84_64 notebook.
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