Gnash 0.8.6 Released!
Gnash 0.8.6 Released!
Gnash is a GPLv3'd SWF movie player and browser plugin for
Firefox, Mozilla, and Konqueror. Gnash supports many SWF v7 features
and ActionScript 2 & 3 classes. with growing support for SWF versions
8-10. Gnash also runs on many GNU/Linux distributions, embedded
GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, non x86 processors, and 64 bit
architectures. There are also standalone players for GNOME or KDE
based desktops.
Improvements since the 0.8.5 release are:
Summerbash comes to a close...
As the Summerbash internship program comes to an end, we've been taking time to reflect on what we've learned and what important changes we've made to further the Gnash project. I've summarized the what we've achieved on this wiki page. More after the jump...
Implementation...
The Gnash interns are finally past the migration work associated with the summer project. The past few days have been spent surfing the net to determine what implementation priorities should be on the most important sites for compatibility (list here). If there are specific sites you would like to see compatiblity for, please add to the wiki page linked above and we will check it out as time permits. All of us interns are excited to begin implementation and keep moving Gnash towards full compatibility!
Gnash Summerbash Blog #1
The Gnash summer project is moving right along. The Gnash project has taken on 5 interns to help with making Gnash more compatible with new Actionscript 3 classes. This increase in compatibility is essential to the success of the Gnash project and we are happy to have the opportunity to help make this goal a reality. Over the past several weeks the Gnash Intern team has been working on:
1. Implementing and translating testsuites from a flash compiler (ming) which doesn't support Flash 9 and 10 to haxe, a compiler which supports actionscript 3.
2. Migrating the core Actionscript libraries to a newer (more Flash 9-like) naming convention.
3. Beginning implementation of previously unimplemented functionality in Gnash (specifically Camera and Video support for video conferencing).
Keep up with our progress -- check out the Gnash 2009 Summer Project wiki. We will be updating this site and the wiki linked to above as we continue to make progress on the project.
Gnash Summer Project Seeks Donations
The Gnash free flash player development team is setting its sights on getting to version 9.0 by the end of the summer and is launching a project later this month to ensure that they meet their goal. The project, known as the “Gnash V9 Summer Bash” will engage student interns to hammer through a number of ActionScript3 (AS3) Class Libraries that are critical to v9 and v10 functionality. The success of the project will result in Gnash compatibility with a number of high-demand websites -- including educational, major media, and other popular sites.
Gnash 0.8.5 Released!
Gnash 0.8.5 Released!
The fourth beta release of Gnash has just been made at version 0.8.5. Gnash is a GPLv3'd SWF movie player and browser plugin for Firefox, Mozilla, and Konqueror. Gnash supports many SWF v7 features and ActionScript 2 classes. with growing support for SWF v8 and v9. Gnash also runs on many GNU/Linux distributions, embedded GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, non x86 processors, and 64 bit architectures. There are also standalone players for GNOME or KDE based desktops.
Time Warner inks Flash DRM deal with Adobe
This is a from a blog by Paul Sweeting, Media Wonk
ContentAgenda
http://www.contentagenda.com/blog/1500000150/post/890041489.html
[A few links are in the original]
Time Warner goes all Flash - March 3, 2009
Gnash 0.8.4 Released!
Gnash has responded to the call for upstream synchronization with distros, and has worked hard to establish a 3-month release cycle.
The Hackathon this week in Oslo, Norway proved very successful in putting out this release and making a roadmap for the next one. Gnash's next release looks to have more innovative improvements and will be out in January 2009.
FSF high priority list becomes a campaign, seeks donations
Bruce Byfield writes on Linux.com about FSF's new campaign to raise donations for their high-priority projects. Gnash is an FSF high-priority project, and we encourage anyone who wants to to participate!
Gnash — the free software Flash player
Coreboot — the campaign for a free BIOS
Free software replacement for Skype
Membership and donor transaction and contact system
Free software video editing software
Free Google Earth Replacement
gNewSense — The all free software GNU/Linux operating system
GNU Octave — free software Matlab replacement
Replacement for OpenDWG libraries
Reversible Debugging in GDB
Free software drivers for network routers
For more information:
http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/priority.html
To make a donation to the FSF:
https://www.fsf.org/donate/directed-donations/high-priority
Read the article:
http://www.linux.com/feature/149424
The Launch of the Open Video Initiative
Akamai launched an initiative for an Open Video Player based on Adobe and Microsoft technology. A few things concern me here:
They made their own license instead of using an existing license.
I question just how collaborative this Player will be--will the code just be available to download, or can developers truly contribute to it?
There is no mention of codecs, patents or other licenses.
Will this player be the great FLOSS Media solution it hopes to be? Or will it cave-in for lack of true FLOSS support? How can a FLOSS player survive on top of a foundation that is encumbered with licenses?
