Adobe and Industry Leaders Establish Open Screen Project. Have a look at the new OSP website and listen to CTO Kevin Lynch.
“The Open Screen Project is dedicated to driving consistent rich Internet experiences across televisions, personal computers, mobile devices, and consumer electronics. The Open Screen Project is supported by technology leaders, including Adobe, ARM, Chunghwa Telecom, Cisco, Intel, LG Electronics Inc., Marvell, Motorola, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics Co., Sony Ericsson, Toshiba and Verizon Wireless, and leading content providers, including BBC, MTV Networks, and NBC Universal, who want to deliver rich Web and video experiences, live and on-demand across a variety of devices.”
Since today the formats SWF 9, FLV and AMF Specs are open and free from license restrictions.
It is all about leveraging Flash and AIR to provide a consistent runtime environment cross-platform and across devices and consumer electronics.
Now is this cool news? I am sure all Flash/Flex/AIR developers open up a beer! I will do now 
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Cheers !
is this going to allow linux distros to include flash player installed by deafault ??
I don’t know if the OSP has influence on that. Can you give some background or what is the problem with installing the flash player later on?