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Seconded. If Flash wasn't proprietary, it would still thrive. It could have displaced JavaScript itself.
by loup-vaillant 9y ago
Seconded. If Flash wasn't proprietary, it would still thrive. It could have displaced JavaScript itself.
- collyw 9y agoThere is an open source version Gnash. I installed it on a laptop a few years back and it ran fairly well, but a bit slow compared to the real Flash. Why do you think that didn't take off? Edit: Looking at the wikipedia page I see one reason (though I am not convinced its the reason it didn't take off). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnash_(software)#Adobe_Flash_Player_End-User_License_Agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnash_(software)#Adobe_Flash_P...
- loup-vaillant 9y agoIt's not fully compatible. Of course it didn't take off. You want the default application to be free software.