On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 21:11, Brian Brian.Mingus@colorado.edu wrote:
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Amir Elisha Aharoni <amir.aharoni@gmail.com
wrote:
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 20:26, Brian Brian.Mingus@colorado.edu wrote:
There is nothing bad about the flash format. If it works in a free player I'm not aware of any other objections.
*If* it actually works, then there's still at least one more problem: It should be possible to modify this plugin using Free tools. Adobe's own Flash authoring tool is not Free. This may not seem relevant to users, but people need to have a reasonable way to use a program without being deprived of Freedoms #1 and #3 of Free Software. (See [[Free_software#Definition]] in Wikipedia.)
Are you really addressing a deficit in Gnash, or some hypothetical situation?
Gnash is a *player*, a Free replacement for Adobe Flash *Player*. It works pretty well as a player, but it is not supposed to be an authoring tool.
There are certain Free Flash authoring tools, but to the best of my knowledge there is no complete replacement for Adobe Flash, the authoring tool.