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Shockwave in Windows 7
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A license from Adobe is easy enough to get: Distribute Adobe Flash Player
But there are terms you need to be aware of, in particular:
But there are terms you need to be aware of, in particular:
This means you cannot legally grab bits and pieces of the full package and bundle them in your own installer/setup. No "silent installs" are permitted at all either.
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Adobe seem keen to give away their flashplayers (this has led to a worldwide acceptance of flash and cleverly made them $millions in the process from all the 'extras')
If they wanted flash to be universal, I can't see why one can't therefore use play a flash within an application just as you can any graphic or movie! What difference does it make to Adobe if they don't charge anyway?
If they wanted flash to be universal, I can't see why one can't therefore use play a flash within an application just as you can any graphic or movie! What difference does it make to Adobe if they don't charge anyway?
dilettante
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They encourage you to do so, but you have to obtain a license and stick to its terms.
I'd guess this is about branding and about stability. If you don't have users install the Adobe package things like the auto-updater don't get installed, some dependencies may get left out causing occasional crashes, and other stuff that might give them a bad name could occur.
I have no idea what extras you're talking about that make them any money though.
I'd guess this is about branding and about stability. If you don't have users install the Adobe package things like the auto-updater don't get installed, some dependencies may get left out causing occasional crashes, and other stuff that might give them a bad name could occur.
I have no idea what extras you're talking about that make them any money though.
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As I remember, Adobe originally cleverly made their PDF reader and simple shockwave viewer free so that they would become a world wide standard and automatically create a demand for products necessary to create the material that the players rely (for which they charge).
Also they get revenue from third party produces who want to incorporate them into their application.
Also they get revenue from third party produces who want to incorporate them into their application.
dilettante
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If you mean the runtime components I think the developer licenses are free, but I might be wrong. "Authoring" tools would be another story though.
>worldwide acceptance of flash
Flash is slowly waning. One clue is that Adobe themselves have abandoned it on mobile platforms as of November last year, having surrendered to HTML5. Even for the desktop version of Flash they have stated "we will design new features in Flash for a smooth transition to HTML5". Make of that what you will ...
>Adobe originally cleverly made their PDF reader and simple shockwave viewer free
Free to end users, yes. But it is only about 3 years since they removed/relaxed licencing fees and restrictions related to content delivery and player distribution rights.
Flash is slowly waning. One clue is that Adobe themselves have abandoned it on mobile platforms as of November last year, having surrendered to HTML5. Even for the desktop version of Flash they have stated "we will design new features in Flash for a smooth transition to HTML5". Make of that what you will ...
>Adobe originally cleverly made their PDF reader and simple shockwave viewer free
Free to end users, yes. But it is only about 3 years since they removed/relaxed licencing fees and restrictions related to content delivery and player distribution rights.
dilettante
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Hmm, is that embedded within Adobe's AIR platform? I see it supports Flash, Flex, HTML, and Ajax according to Wikipedia.
If they're "going HTML5" I can see how they could add support in AIR, but that's a desktop/portable device platform. What about the Web?
Or is their focus for the Web perhaps just in their developer tools rather than any runtime browser plug-in?
I'm sometimes tempted to look at AIR as an alternative development platform. Not sure I can love ActionScript any more than JavaScript though.
If they're "going HTML5" I can see how they could add support in AIR, but that's a desktop/portable device platform. What about the Web?
Or is their focus for the Web perhaps just in their developer tools rather than any runtime browser plug-in?
I'm sometimes tempted to look at AIR as an alternative development platform. Not sure I can love ActionScript any more than JavaScript though.
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