From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 11 15:04:33 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29AC216A420 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:04:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lreid@cs.okstate.edu) Received: from a.cs.okstate.edu (a.cs.okstate.edu [139.78.113.1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09E7D13C4E9 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:04:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lreid@cs.okstate.edu) Received: from [172.18.0.232] (showcase.tulsatech.org [70.168.226.150]) by a.cs.okstate.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE447154E9E; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:06:37 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <47B06380.1000008@cs.okstate.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:02:24 -0600 From: Reid Linnemann User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070926) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Heiko Wundram (Beenic)" References: <47AFC80B.8090303@gmail.com> <47B05924.5000405@cs.okstate.edu> <47B05C7A.80602@pacific.net.sg> <200802111540.34420.wundram@beenic.net> In-Reply-To: <200802111540.34420.wundram@beenic.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what happened to linuxflashplugin? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:04:33 -0000 Written by Heiko Wundram (Beenic) on 02/11/08 08:40>> > Am Montag, 11. Februar 2008 15:32:26 schrieb Erich Dollansky: >> Hi, >> >> Reid Linnemann wrote: >>> Written by James on 02/10/08 21:59>> >>> >>>> I just tried a portupgrade out and it failed on linux flashplugin. >>>> Apparently, none of the file exist in the ftp repositories anymore. Any >>>> idea what happened there? >>>> >>>> James >>> from /usr/ports/UPDATING: >>> >>> >>> 2006-04-08 >>> >>> Affects: users of www/linux-flashplugin* >>> >>> Author: hrs@FreeBSD.org >>> >>> Reason: >>> These ports have been removed because the End User License Agreement >>> explicitly forbids to run the Flash Player on FreeBSD. >>> For more details, see >>> http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/license/desktop/. >> I could not find the word FreeBSD in the license agreement. >> >> BSD also does not appear there. > > Read this (in the license agreement): > > """... > For the avoidance of doubt, no embedded or device versions of the above > operating systems, or any other operating systems, are included as Authorized > Operating Systems. > ... > 2.1 You may install and use the Software on a single desktop or laptop > computer that runs an Authorized Operating System. A license for the Software > may not be shared, installed or used concurrently on different computers. > """ > > ...where "Authorized Operating Systems" is only Windows, Linux, Solaris and > Mac OS as defined before the initial sentence, and as such, there's no clause > that allows you to use the software on BSDs, and finally, that makes it > forbidden to use on BSDs. > > This is another reason why Flash is bad, bad, bad. Am I repeating myself? > There appears to be an echo in this room.... FWIW, should you accidentally comment out the "RESTRICTED" declaration in the port Makefile, and the plugin tarball mysteriously materialize in /usr/ports/distfiles, you could perhaps accidentally install the port and put yourself in violation of the license (you naughty boy you). I couldn't find the flashplugin-7 tarball anywhere, but the flashplugin-9 tarball is at http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz (so you can download it for your linux machines, duh ;) )