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I think we should say "thanks" to swfdec and gnash for Adobe Flash.

I think we should say "thanks" to swfdec and gnash for Adobe Flash.

Posted Oct 16, 2008 21:22 UTC (Thu) by epa (subscriber, #39769)
In reply to: I think we should say "thanks" to swfdec and gnash for Adobe Flash. by mrshiny
Parent article: Linux now an equal Flash player (Linux-Watch)

If Silverlight gains enough traction then Adobe might be spurred into doing the same thing that Microsoft did. That is, endorse a free software implementation and distribute an official package of codecs (which have to be binary-only in the USA, sadly) to use with it.


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