they were probably less anal than GNU over licences
Re:Ruffle: Flash Player Emulator
by yjftsjthsd-h on Sunday October 22, 2023 @10:20PM
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Why would the license matter to implementation speed?
I don't have knowledge specific to this case, but the license limits who you can accept code from.
it tends to be hard to reverse engineer something with an explicit agreement that if you use it, you will not reverse it
or at least, that was the fear at the time so, imagine making a program like gnash, without installing flash
as it turned out, adobe never could actually enforce such a thing, but that didn't stop gnash from absolutely turning into a ghost town
memory is a bit hazy, but thats the gist I got back then
they were so careful, they buried the project, well done
Re:Ruffle: Flash Player Emulator
by yjftsjthsd-h on Sunday October 22, 2023 @10:27PM
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Oh, you mean they were careful about licensing on the in side, not the output side. I wouldn't call it "anal" to want to avoid lawsuits.
Edit: You can't edit in
> as it turned out, adobe never could actually enforce such a thing,
and not explain it - did the courts change their whole view of reverse engineering or something?
I wonder how Ruffle get it working so fast.