PC World is reporting that Adobe is loosening its licensing restrictions on Flash, the media format that makes possible online, animated videos embedded in Web pages. This includes the little sparklies and snazzy intros that so many Web sites use (for good or ill) these days. The full text of the story is at http://tinyurl.com/5ey7ab.
This could be good news for the open source community. To date there are no good free apps for creating these videos, keeping this part of the Web development game in the hands of those willing to shell out a couple hundred bucks to Adobe (or, previously, Macromedia). This move won't on its own make that possible, but it could be the beginning of that process.
There is some speculation that the move could be a corporate attempt to head off an upcoming, similar technology from Microsoft. In any case, the next few months could see some great moves to keep Web development a level playing field that allows those with creative vision and the willingness to learn some new skills the ability to design pages on par with the largest businesses.
This could be good news for the open source community. To date there are no good free apps for creating these videos, keeping this part of the Web development game in the hands of those willing to shell out a couple hundred bucks to Adobe (or, previously, Macromedia). This move won't on its own make that possible, but it could be the beginning of that process.
There is some speculation that the move could be a corporate attempt to head off an upcoming, similar technology from Microsoft. In any case, the next few months could see some great moves to keep Web development a level playing field that allows those with creative vision and the willingness to learn some new skills the ability to design pages on par with the largest businesses.
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