[osflash] SWF9 and FLV File Format Spec released

[John Dowdell]

(Sorry, I'm not a good source for turning legalese into practicalese. But if you're asking if there's precedent for SWF importers, then I remember that a lot of folks have done this over the years. --jd)



-----Original Message-----
From: osflash-bounces at osflash.org on behalf of Samuel Agesilas
Sent: Wed 8/1/2007 6:36 PM
To: Open Source Flash Mailing List
Subject: Re: [osflash] SWF9 and FLV File Format Spec released
 
Hmmm... yea I see your point... this is an interesting situation. The  
way I read the specification you would be in the clear but I'm not  
sure... any thoughts jd?

cheers,
Sam

On Aug 1, 2007, at 8:29 PM, Robin Debreuil wrote:

>
>>> Your not prevented from reading a swf
>>> you just can't "play" the swf. For
>>> example you can't read the swf player
>>> opcode and execute it.
>
> 3. Restrictions
>
> a. You may not use the Specification in any way to create or develop a
> runtime, client, player, executable or other program that reads or  
> renders
> SWF files.
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but that says you can't create and  
> executable that
> reads swf files as far as I can tell.
>
> I'm all for not having a second set of players, so no for playback is
> understandable to me (as I said in the first place). However, if I  
> create a
> graphic, animation, or program in flash, and want to reuse that,  
> dif it,
> convert it, merge two files etc etc, at some point I will need to  
> read the
> swf. It's my work, and the end result is either a generated swf or  
> nothing
> to do with Flash, so I find the 'read' restriction to be really  
> unfair.
>
> Cheers,
> Robin
>
>
>
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