Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 01:59:10 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux-flashplugin9 Restricted? Message-ID: <20080603015910.5aaf8567@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <200806021827.08144.derek.graham@att.net> References: <200806021609.58980.derek.graham@att.net> <20080603000811.3aae5319@gumby.homeunix.com.> <200806021827.08144.derek.graham@att.net>
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On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 18:27:07 -0500 Derek Graham <derek.graham@att.net> wrote: > on Monday 02 June 2008Monday 02 June 2008 RW RW > <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:09:58 -0500 > > Derek Graham <derek.graham@att.net> wrote: > > > I found this odd, I remember seeing an email from adobe someone > > > posted that said that they do not support freebsd but they do not > > > forbid users to use flash if they can get it working. > > > > Note that this entry is dated 2006. The flash ports were temporarily > > removed and then reinstated shortly after. This is not an issue, as > > far as I know. " > Then why do they still show up as Restricted in portfresh and ports? At lot of proprietary software is marked as RESTRICTED, in this case the reason is simply "Redistribution not allowed". At the time the port was removed it was against the license to run the binary on any OS that wasn't officially supported. > 7 is almost useless anyway since most sites use 9 now, and 9 is not > even worth the time, flash almost is a waste of time installing :p AFAIK Flash9 relies on the Linux 2.6 kernel, and so wont run on FreeBSDs default of 2.4. I've not tried it, but I think people have said it can be made to run with 2.6 emulation.
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