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

[Thérèse Godefroy]

Hello Rob,

Le 27/07/2017 16:15, Rob Savoye a écrit :
> On 07/27/2017 08:01 AM, Sandro Santilli wrote:
> 
>> The patch seems good to me, apart maybe for the "bound to die"
>> message, which sounds like surrendering to having tech destinty
>> dictated by trademark owners. SWF will be alive as long as
>> there is content to be interpreted, don't you think so ?
> 
>   Actually with Adobe killing flash in a few years, Gnash will be the
> only way to play old content in the future. That's actually an argument
> to keep Gnash alive if anyone felt like it.

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.


 Lack of motivation and
> funding of course becomes a problem. The Wiki DB and Drupal won't import
> on Centos 7, which is the only reason it's stayed offline.

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."

Of course, the paragraph on donations would stay.


 Note the
> wayback machine has a static copy of Gnashdev.org.
>
Should the links be replaced?

Therese