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Pledge for funding to the Gnash project to get AVM2 support
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2010-10-19 14:45
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The Gnash project is the +most promising solution for a Free Software Flash implementation. It +has done great so far, but there is still far to go, and recently its +funding has dried up. I believe AVM2 support in Gnash is vital to the +continued progress of the project, as more and more sites show up with +AVM2 flash files.

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To try to get funding for developing such support, I have started +a pledge with the +following text:

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"I will pay 100$ to the Gnash project to develop AVM2 support but + only if 10 other people will do the same."

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- Petter Reinholdtsen, free software developer

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Deadline to sign up by: 24th December 2010

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The Gnash project need to get support for the new Flash file + format AVM2 to work with a lot of sites using Flash on the + web. Gnash already work with a lot of Flash sites using the old AVM1 + format, but more and more sites are using the AVM2 format these + days. The project web page is available from + http://www.getgnash.org/ . Gnash is a free software implementation + of Adobe Flash, allowing those of us that do not accept the terms of + the Adobe Flash license to get access to Flash sites.

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The project need funding to get developers to put aside enough + time to develop the AVM2 support, and this pledge is my way to try + to get this to happen.

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The project accept donations via the OpenMediaNow foundation, + http://www.openmedianow.org/?q=node/32 .

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I hope you will support this effort too. I hope more than 10 +people will participate to make this happen. The more money the +project gets, the more features it can develop using these funds. +:)

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+ + + + Tags: english, multimedia, nuug, video, web. + +
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Standardkrav inn i anbudstekster?
2010-10-17 19:30
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Terms of use for video produced by a Canon IXUS 130 digital camera
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2010-09-09 23:55
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A few days ago I had the mixed pleasure of bying a new digital -camera, a Canon IXUS 130. It was instructive and very disturbing to -be able to verify that also this camera producer have the nerve to -specify how I can or can not use the videos produced with the camera. -Even thought I was aware of the issue, the options with new cameras -are limited and I ended up bying the camera anyway. What is the -problem, you might ask? It is software patents, MPEG-4, H.264 and the -MPEG-LA that is the problem, and our right to record our experiences -without asking for permissions that is at risk. - -

On page 27 of the Danish instruction manual, this section is -written:

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This product is licensed under AT&T patents for the MPEG-4 standard -and may be used for encoding MPEG-4 compliant video and/or decoding -MPEG-4 compliant video that was encoded only (1) for a personal and -non-commercial purpose or (2) by a video provider licensed under the -AT&T patents to provide MPEG-4 compliant video.

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No license is granted or implied for any other use for MPEG-4 -standard.

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In short, the camera producer have chosen to use technology -(MPEG-4/H.264) that is only provided if I used it for personal and -non-commercial purposes, or ask for permission from the organisations -holding the knowledge monopoly (patent) for technology used.

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This issue has been brewing for a while, and I recommend you to -read -"Why -Our Civilization's Video Art and Culture is Threatened by the -MPEG-LA" by Eugenia Loli-Queru and -"H.264 Is Not -The Sort Of Free That Matters" by Simon Phipps to learn more about -the issue. The solution is to support the -free and -open standards for video, like Ogg -Theora, and avoid MPEG-4 and H.264 if you can.

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