Adobe Will Partially Open Flash Streaming Protocol, but Not DRM

Adobe announced its plan to release information and specifications about its Real-Time Messaging Protocol during the year. Behind this name also known as RTMP, there is a technology allowing web browsers loaded with the Flash plug-ins to read/play audio and video streaming content. This documentation should allow developers to develop their own servers.
If you should mention this move in the right direction, one should not forget that Adobe is most likely acting in order to try to stop the reverse-engineering project Red5 which is aiming to ease the development of an open source Flash server. So, such decision will make Red5's developers happy, but one should also mention that this documentation will not include the Adobe secure technology, also known as DRM, used to protect audio or video streaming.
In other words, RTMP will becoming more "open" will remain a proprietary technology that Adobe expects to push in order to impose flash as a web standard for audio/video streaming. The company will then have the tool to negotiate with TV channels for streaming their shows and series in a more secure way than the current technology. It will also give Adobe power to force endorsement of flash support by Apple in the current and future iPhone.