Re: [Bug-gnash] Fwd: Re: [Gnash] Web pages again

[Rob Savoye]

On 07/27/2017 09:51 AM, Thérèse Godefroy wrote:

> Yes, but I don't know which proportion of Flash videos Gnash is able to
> read. I use Gnash on Trisquel, but occasionally see popups saying I
> should install Adobe Flash player. And sometimes the video simply
> doesn't play without saying why.

  Gnash only supported AVM1, which was the standard at that time.
Unfortunately we never managed to get a real start on AVM2 as it'd be a
big, full-time project, and interest in Flash was dying quickly thanks
to Apple. Funding dried up mostly because of this lack of interest.

> What about something along these lines:
> 
> "Due to lack of funding, the development of GNU Gnash has come to a
> standstill. However, every effort is made to address any security bugs
> that might be reported in a published version.
> 
> In a few years, with Adobe phasing out its Flash player, Gnash may
> become the most effective software to play the SWF format. This is why
> we would very much like to keep this project alive. Any donations and/or
> other funding that would enable us to resume development and achieve
> complete compatibility with SWF would be greatly appreciated."

  Something like that. I think most of the developers have gone on to
other projects, myself included, but you never know...

> Of course, the paragraph on donations would stay.

  We no longer have the non-profit that was raising funds for Gnash, and
I don't want any donations by accident to my paypal account. If for some
weird reason there was funding for a reinvigorated Gnash, I'd set things
up differently this time as far as how the money would be handled. I
don't feel like running a non-profit anymore and having to raise all the
funding. :-) I'd rather just write software.

> Should the links be replaced?

  Maybe in a week or so, since I'm currently setting up my new home
server, which has the backup on it, plus a mirror of the last wayback
machine copy. Once I get this going, maybe I'll make another shot at
restoring the backups, or run an older Centos in docker.

        - rob -