Developers ask Adobe for Flash to be open source

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Why would anyone want to resurrect a slow, resource-consuming code with proprietary code, and which also has numerous security issues?

Adobe announced a few days ago that Adobe Flash would disappear in 2020, and the news was applauded worldwide. Even Adobe acknowledged in the press release that its modern alternatives, such as HTML 5, WebGL and WebAssembly, are safer and more efficient today.

In the news of the farewell we recognized the merits of Adobe Flash, the programming library that universalized the animations, video and programs within the pages

Adobe Flash marked an epoch: in 2005 it was installed on 98% of computers connected to the Internet. But in recent years it had become a drag. Slow, cornered by the security problems and with the handicap of being a commercial code that nobody but Adobe could modify (which made Apple refuse to use it in the iPhone and the iPad), Adobe Flash had stopped being used by the creators of websites.

With the official announcement of his death in 2020 it seemed like it was the end of Adobe Flash. But now a group of developers have launched a request for Adobe to release the Adobe Flash code and become an open source standard.

Why resuscitate slow software with security problems? These developers argue that there are millions of old webpages that use Flash and will not be converted to new formats. When Flash disappears they will stop working, being lost forever. Its idea is that Adobe will convert Flash into open source and so it will be possible to create an emulator or a Flash converter that allows those old webs to continue working.

The problem is that if you release the Adobe Flash code it will also become an instruction manual for cybercriminals. They will use it to find out exactly where the holes in Adobe Flash are, and with this information they can perform attacks and infections on those millions of websites that will not update their code with Flash.