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• Launchpad Entry: free-flash

• Packages affected:

Summary

The Free software world needs free Flash tools so we don't become second class netizens.

Rationale

There are multiple Free Flash projects currently. This includes the http://swfdec.freedesktop.org Swfdec and http://www.gnashdev.org Gnash Flash players and web browser plugins. For generating Flash movies, http://ming.sourceforge.net Ming and http://www.openlazlo.org OpenLazlo. Ubuntu should communicate their needs to these projects and find out about their needs.

Use Cases

• Scott wants to watch a [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2728972720932273543 video about Ubuntu]. He cannot see the video in his browser.

• Stefan wants to use Edubuntu on his school's computer. Unfortunately a lot of the learning tools they use are done in Flash.
• Sarah develops the user interface for a mobile phone. She'd like her artists to create a great UI. The artists like to do it in Flash, but can't because Ubuntu Mobile doesn't play it.

Scope

Design

Implementation

Outstanding Issues

BoF agenda and discussion

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