Free software on proprietary formats ?

[Simo Sorce]

On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 11:36, Jeroen Dekkers wrote:
> At Sun, 21 Nov 2004 01:54:00 +0100,
> Odile Bénassy wrote:
> > What do you think of a so called free software based on Flash ?
> > If it is free, the sources must be given. What about source files written in a proprietary (flash) format ?
> 
> It seems similar to the java trap:
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html


It seem different to me.
But can Odile specify better what do you mean by proprietary flash
format ?

Is it not publicly available?
Is it encumbered by patents?
What exactly make it proprietary?

Simo.
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