Adobe Goes Open Source

Software technology Adobe Systems is making the source code of the ActionScript Virtual Machine, the standards-based scripting language of the Flash Player, available to the non-profit Mozilla Foundation. As part of the new Tamarin open source project, Mozilla will accelerate the development of this technology to create rich and engaging web applications. The Tamarin project will implement the final version of the ECMA Script Edition 4 standard language. This will be used by Mozilla in the next generation of SpiderMonkey. SpiderMonkey is the core of the JavaScript engine embedded in the free Firefox web browser.