Google is failing me on this one.
Let’s say I have some ECMA script that I’ve compiled to an ABC bytecode file using the compiler in the Open Source Flex SDK.
Is it within the terms of use (That I can’t seem to find) for me to use the AVM2 specification from adobe to create a new interpreter for this file?
The best I can manage is a sentence in wikipedia that says that the flash specification is available ‘without restriction’. I’m not making a flash player though, and AFAIK the AVM2 spec is separate from the SWF spec.
Does anyone know off-hand if my intentions are legal?
Adobe open sourced the ActionScript virtual machine as a Mozilla project named Tamarin under an MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license. If I remember correctly, this source code also includes documentation for ABC bytecode. With that in mind, it seems to me that you’re free to build your own interpreter.