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GPLFlash lives again (NewsForge)

[Posted June 3, 2005 by ris]

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NewsForge covers the GPLFlash project. "If you've seen the recently redesigned Free Software Foundation Web site, you may have noticed that the FSF has listed three projects that it says the community is in "vital need" of help with: GPLFlash, GNU Classpath, and the GNU Compiler for Java. The reason listed for their importance is the allure of using proprietary Java and Flash browser plugins and proprietary operating systems that include them. A competent, free replacement for Macromedia Flash Player would remove a significant hurdle in the FSF's goal of encouraging a complete desktop GNU/Linux operating system that is devoid of proprietary software."
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GPLFlash lives again (NewsForge)

Posted Jun 6, 2005 10:47 UTC (Mon) by micampe (guest, #4384) [Link]

I think Swfdec would probably be a better project to support. If not anything else, It's much more active than GPLFlash.

GPLFlash lives again (NewsForge)

Posted Jun 10, 2005 5:46 UTC (Fri) by dberkholz (subscriber, #23346) [Link]

Yeah, but it's LGPL instead. That in itself is enough to get the FSF to favor the other.

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