Builder UK: Flash 'Has to Learn' About Openness

"Copyright reformer Lawrence Lessig gave Flash developers an earful on Wednesday about how their platform of choice is perceived in the free software world.

"'Flash is the enemy,' said Lessig, a Stanford University professor and board member of the Free Software Foundation, as he described the opinions of leading free- and open-source-software advocates. '[These advocates] hate Flash. They think that by participating in the Flash community, you are feeding the devil...'"

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