From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 24 17:17:25 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54ACB16A419 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:17:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from icantthinkofone@charter.net) Received: from que03.charter.net (que03.charter.net [209.225.8.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB67D13C4C4 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:17:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from icantthinkofone@charter.net) Received: from aarprv04.charter.net ([10.20.200.74]) by mtai04.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.00 201-2186-121-20061213) with ESMTP id <20071024163741.WWZF12338.mtai04.charter.net@aarprv04.charter.net>; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:37:41 -0400 Received: from robs-laptop.com ([71.85.241.27]) by aarprv04.charter.net with ESMTP id <20071024163741.TUWZ23773.aarprv04.charter.net@robs-laptop.com>; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:37:41 -0400 Message-ID: <471F74D4.8080703@charter.net> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:37:40 -0500 From: icantthinkofone User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Benjamin M. A'Lee" References: <200710231338.11681.mark@msen.com> <471ED019.9030901@charter.net> <471EF8C8.2080404@lvor.halvorsen.cc> <471F3EFC.5020105@charter.net> <20071024133628.GA32954@gilmour.subvert.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20071024133628.GA32954@gilmour.subvert.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Chzlrs: 0 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Writing Flash Driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:17:25 -0000 Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote: > On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 07:47:56AM -0500, icantthinkofone wrote: > >> Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote: >> >>> icantthinkofone wrote: >>> >>> >>>> My naive question is, what is involved with creating an open source >>>> driver for flash for freebsd? Is it a legal issue? Or does it take more >>>> time than anyone has to give? Or is it just too difficult to do without >>>> help from Adobe? >>>> >>>> >>> http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ >>> >>> It can even play youtube. >>> >>> >> Does that in any way answer the question? >> > > Yes. Obviously it's not a legal issue, as it's been done. Likewise, > it's not so difficult as to require help from Adobe, as it's been > done without such help. > > As I understand it, it's mostly a case of time and effort - working > through as many different Flash files as possible, working out what > they're doing, and implementing the support for it. > > To correct my previous post, I think. It was Benjamin, here, who brought up working out the information involved in interfacing to Flash.