It's only one small leap for computer freedom, but it's a long-awaited one-
the end of Adobe Flash:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/07/25/1615220/adobe-announces-that-in-2020-flash-player-will-reach-its-end-of-life-in-light-of-newer-technologies.
To quote Adobe (in corporatese):
"Today,
gpast_pan...@protonmail.com wrote:
It's only one small leap for computer freedom, but it's a long-awaited one-
the end of Adobe Flash:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/07/25/1615220/adobe-announces-that-in-2020-flash-player-will-reach-its-end-of-life-in-light-of-newer-technologies.
I wouldn
One question, if it is dead/will die, why they won't to open source it?
Well, because there's no escrow regulated by law that would force them
to do so. Essentially, this means that they are not legally obligated to
do anything such as that. Besides, they could "open source" only half of
it, and no one would ever know unless it's too late (and that they
officially aban
They already have a petition on GitHub to do just that.
It would be great to keep the past accessible but otherwise I don't support
keeping it "alive."
"However Flash is an important piece of Internet history and killing Flash
means future generations can't access the past. Games, experiments and
websites would be forgotten."
This is the problem that future generations face when past generations decide
to use proprietary software. That sta
