From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 11 14:40:42 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 3D6A416A41B for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:40:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wundram@beenic.net) Received: from mail.beenic.net (mail.beenic.net [83.246.72.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F369113C468 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:40:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wundram@beenic.net) Received: from [192.168.1.32] (a89-182-91-111.net-htp.de [89.182.91.111]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.beenic.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B72A4A44529 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:40:39 +0100 (CET) From: "Heiko Wundram (Beenic)" Organization: Beenic Networks GmbH To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:40:34 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <47AFC80B.8090303@gmail.com> <47B05924.5000405@cs.okstate.edu> <47B05C7A.80602@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <47B05C7A.80602@pacific.net.sg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200802111540.34420.wundram@beenic.net> 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 14:40:42 -0000 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? -- Heiko Wundram Product & Application Development