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Re:Nitrome to convert its Flash game library to HTML5 by mcphage on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @01:35PM (#23326833)
> Redistributing the Flash binary is not normally allowed, so we are going to directly download it over HTTP the first time our system is started.

How will this work when Adobe stops distributing the Flash installer?

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Re:Nitrome to convert its Flash game library to HTML5 by traverseda on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @02:24PM (#23327612)
Maybe get archive.org to handle it? My understanding is that they have some pretty good legal counsel, so that's something they might be cool with?
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Re:Nitrome to convert its Flash game library to HTML5 by paulryanrogers on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @08:22PM (#23331872)
Security is another concern. Unless WebAssembly itself is immune
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Re:Nitrome to convert its Flash game library to HTML5 by apignotti on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @03:00PM (#23328190)
Since we wrote the post we started discussing with the appropriate parties to solve the licensing issues.
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