Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:24:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Anderson <ciscoaix@yahoo.com> To: Svein Halvor Halvorsen <svein.h@lvor.halvorsen.cc>, Bob Johnson <fbsdlists@gmail.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, bobo1009@mailtest2.eng.ufl.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, portmgr@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wanted: Flash player for <browser_of_choice>.... Message-ID: <20060414022401.11639.qmail@web52701.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <bbe90d1d0604131117h608d1357r2efa791bb0c1dd14@mail.gmail.com>
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--- Svein Halvor Halvorsen <svein.h@lvor.halvorsen.cc> wrote: > On 4/13/06, Bob Johnson <fbsdlists@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think that if only one person questions this, > their response will be > > that there aren't enough FreeBSD users to worry > about. If several > > question it (politely), it might get a little > attention somewhere > > above the front-line customer service level. > > > > Anyway, the answer I got is not highly > enlightening. The most > > significant paragraph (I think): > > > > Please note that it is your option whether to > install Flash Player > > on your FreeBSD; however, please note that we > cannot provide > > you with any technical support, warranties or > remedies for the > > software, although it is clearly stated on the > End User License > > Agreement, the only authorized operating > systems where you > > may download and install Flash Player. > > > > I'm pretty sure they are telling me that is up to > me whether or not I > > break the law. I already knew that. > > When I emailed them about this, I was first told > that FreeBSD was not > tested and therefor not supported. But when I > clarified my question, > stating that the issue is a legal one, not a > technical one, they told > me thet the EULA must be respected. (What else could > they have said?). > > They were understanding, though, and asked me to > file a feature > request for the Flash team, to support FreeBSD, > which I did. > > > Svein Halvor > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I should ask them if they have a true 64bit version of Flash for Windows XP Pro 64-bit. If not then I'm in violation of the agreement because natively it's not supported. hehehe. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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