Is SWF File Format still closed?

The swfutils.jar is now open source under MPL.
We can hack swf files with swfutils.jar
But "SWF and FLV File Format Specification" seems still closed.
Does Adobe intend to open the SWF file format?

Hi, good question. You're right that we have not changed the license of the SWF specification at this time, but it's something that is always under consideration. So you can use swfutils for whatever purpose the MPL allows, but the spec will still maintain its own license for now. Matt On 3/4/08 9:32 PM, "Naoki INADA" <[email protected]> wrote: A new discussion was started by Naoki INADA in General Discussion -- Is SWF File Format still closed? The swfutils.jar is now open source under MPL. We can hack swf files with swfutils.jar But "SWF and FLV File Format Specification" seems still closed. Does Adobe intend to open the SWF file format? ________________________________ View/reply at Is SWF File Format still closed? <a href=http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?13@@.3c0650e3><a href=http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?13@@.3c0650e3> Replies by email are OK. Use the unsubscribe <a href=http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?280@@.3c0650e3!folder=.3c060fa1><a href=http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?280@@.3c0650e3!folder=.3c060fa1> form to cancel your email subscription.

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Author: [email protected]
Date: 2008-04-24 07:54:58 -0700 (Thu, 24 Apr 2008)
Log Message:
Splitting DefineFont into the various DefineFont 1, 2, 3, etc SWF tag formats but retaining a common base DefineFont class so that embedded fonts are still retained as symbols for the SWF dictionary no matter what version of the SWF tag is used.
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