From owner-cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 11 11:52:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6487616A403 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:52:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from boris@brooknet.com.au) Received: from jay.exetel.com.au (jay.exetel.com.au [220.233.0.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2F1943D48 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:52:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from boris@brooknet.com.au) Received: (qmail 31229 invoked by uid 507); 11 Apr 2006 21:52:02 +1000 Received: from 180.205.233.220.exetel.com.au (HELO ?192.168.0.157?) (220.233.205.180) by jay.exetel.com.au with SMTP; 11 Apr 2006 21:52:02 +1000 In-Reply-To: <56F2BA34-0F86-428B-9355-04B31F97061A@brooknet.com.au> References: <44373C39.20903@FreeBSD.org> <20060410.151635.21931503.hrs@allbsd.org> <56F2BA34-0F86-428B-9355-04B31F97061A@brooknet.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v749.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Sam Lawrance Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:52:00 +1000 To: Sam Lawrance X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) Cc: Jeremy Messenger , cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, Hiroki Sato , ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, sobomax@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports LEGAL MOVED UPDATING ports/www Makefile CVSROOT modules ports/www/linux-flashplugin Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/www/linux-flashplugin6 Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/www/linux-flashplugin7 Makefile distinfo pkg-descr ... X-BeenThere: cvs-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:52:05 -0000 On 10/04/2006, at 6:56 PM, Sam Lawrance wrote: > > On 10/04/2006, at 4:44 PM, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > >> On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 01:16:35 -0500, Hiroki Sato >> wrote: >> >>> "Jeremy Messenger" wrote >>> in : >>> >>> me> On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:29:45 -0500, Maxim Sobolev >>> >>> me> wrote: >>> me> > I think the proper way is to mark the port restricted and >>> let user >>> me> > decide if his operating system is "Authorized" or not. >>> me> >>> me> I agree, change it to tell users to download from >>> macromedia.com and put >>> me> tarball in the distfiles directory. That should do. >>> >>> According to the EULA: >>> >>> - The Authorized Operating System is explicitly defined in the >>> EULA. >>> FreeBSD is not included. >>> >>> - Copying the software from one computer to another is also >>> forbidden. >>> >>> - Downloading the software from the distribution site means you are >>> confirming your acceptance of the software and agreement to >>> become >>> bound by the terms of the EULA. >> >> Exactly, it's why I am suggesting to have users to go to >> macromedia.com to download and put in their distfiles directory. >> >>> So, strictly speaking downloading the distfile onto a FreeBSD box >>> does not mean a license violation immediately, but I think it >>> does not make sense. >>> >>> Also, I am not clear why the user can decide if his operating >>> system >>> is the authorized one or not. Could you please explain why it >>> works? >> >> I am using FreeBSD ports tree on Linux. > > Sounds terribly dodgy. Perhaps a concerned flash-using committer > could try the following approach: > > http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=licensing > > From that page: > Distribution licenses may be customized to address a number of > requests, including: > > * Additional platform support > * Alterations to marketing or attribution terms > * Alterations to the license term I didn't see anyone jump at this, so I'm going to give it a go. We'll see what happens.