<s>
Shumway	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
media	O
player	O
for	O
playing	O
SWF	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
intended	O
as	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
replacement	O
for	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
Apache	B-Application
and	O
SIL	B-License
Open	I-License
Font	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
OFL	B-License
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
started	O
development	O
on	O
it	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
preceded	O
by	O
a	O
failed	O
earlier	O
project	O
called	O
Gordon	O
,	O
a	O
JavaScript	B-Language
library	O
with	O
a	O
similar	O
concept	O
and	O
name	O
,	O
which	O
interprets	O
SWF	O
files	O
with	O
onboard	O
resources	O
of	O
a	O
browser	O
via	O
SVG	O
conversion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
names	O
are	O
an	O
allusion	O
to	O
Flash	B-Application
Gordon	I-Application
and	O
Gordon	O
Shumway	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shumway	B-Operating_System
renders	O
Flash	O
contents	O
by	O
translating	O
Flash	O
file	O
contents	O
to	O
HTML5	B-Application
elements	O
,	O
and	O
running	O
an	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
interpreter	O
in	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
both	O
AVM1	O
and	O
AVM2	O
,	O
and	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
versions	O
1	O
,	O
2	O
,	O
and	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Shumway	B-Operating_System
has	O
effectively	O
ceased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
project	O
remains	O
available	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
(	O
see	O
External	O
links	O
)	O
,	O
in	O
February	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
Firefox	O
Graveyard	O
"	O
and	O
is	O
thus	O
considered	O
defunct	O
from	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
's	O
point	O
of	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
's	O
strategy	O
in	O
2016	O
was	O
to	O
continue	O
to	O
support	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
,	O
as	O
an	O
exception	O
to	O
its	O
general	O
policy	O
of	O
ceasing	O
support	O
for	O
NPAPI	B-Protocol
plugins	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
