New Open Source Flash Player

Free Software Flash player called GNU Gnash is now in active development. The development is apparently occurring without the help or support of Adobe in any way. Flash player has always been free, but not in the Free and Open Source Software sense, as it is a proprietary application licensed under a closed source license. GNU Gnash is licensed under the GNU GPL. "Gnash is GPL2'd, and the Free Software Foundation has the copyright," GNU Gnash maintainer Rob Savoye told internetnews.com. "So the standalone player can be used by anyone, but the Flash player code can only be used by other free software projects under the terms of the GPL." The FSF, which is currently undertaking a review of the GPL has actually listed the development of Gnash as one of its top six high-priority projects. More News:http://www.winplanet.com/article/3140-.htm