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The AS3 VM is helpful, but only part of the player. The fact remains there is no player source to use as a guide for porting to other languages. It’s similar to
by mgamache 7y ago
The AS3 VM is helpful, but only part of the player. The fact remains there is no player source to use as a guide for porting to other languages. It’s similar to the .net scenario. MS releases .net core open source, but didn’t release the GUI parts (until recently).
- fenomas 7y agoI don't think anyone at Adobe is against open-sourcing the whole player; the problem would be relicensing it. It's a massive, hugely complex project, with lots of chunks that were licensed or written by other parties. And the codebase was probably 10-12 years old before anyone even considered the idea of opening anything... I definitely agree it'd be hugely useful, and wish it would happen, but I kind of doubt we'll ever see it.
- mgamache 7y agoRight. I focused on the security, but it's a legacy code base with legal entanglements. Also created in another era.
- giancarlostoro 7y agoThey didnt release the GUI cause .NET Core is a rewrite. .NET Framework is only compatible through a common library between .NET Standard. Outside of that as far as I am aware they are similar but different runtimes.