From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 31 21:16:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 784D216A6AF for ; Wed, 31 May 2006 21:16:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lalev@sv-bg.com) Received: from mail.sv-bg.com (proxy.sv-bg.com [213.222.60.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C1B6F43D45 for ; Wed, 31 May 2006 21:16:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lalev@sv-bg.com) Received: (qmail 34592 invoked by uid 1010); 1 Jun 2006 00:25:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO fence) (lalev@sv-bg.com@213.222.60.195) by mail.sv-bg.com with SMTP; 1 Jun 2006 00:25:51 -0000 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 00:15:23 +0300 From: Angelin Lalev To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060601001523.6a776070@fence> In-Reply-To: <200605311335.54004.don.hinton@vanderbilt.edu> References: <200605311335.54004.don.hinton@vanderbilt.edu> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.2.0 (GTK+ 2.8.17; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Using Flash on FreeBSD [Fwd: Macromedia Customer Service Request [8564611]] 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: Wed, 31 May 2006 21:16:07 -0000 On Wed, 31 May 2006 13:35:53 -0500 Don Hinton wrote: > Hi: > > When trying to upgrade Flash, I ran into the following in the > UPDATING file: > > 20060408: > AFFECTS: users of www/linux-flashplugin* > AUTHOR: hrs@FreeBSD.org > > 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/. > > So I contacted Adobe, see below, and according to the customer > service rep, Astrid C. Villanueva, there is not problem with using > Flash on FreeBSD, it's just not supported. > > Therefore, would it be possible to add it back to the ports? > > thanks... > don > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > Subject: Macromedia Customer Service Request [8564611] > Date: Wednesday 31 May 2006 13:33 > From: "Service" > To: "don hinton" > > Hi again Don, > > Thank you for writing back and for the clarification provided. > > I understand your feedback on the compatibility of Flash Player on > FreeBSD. > > Please note that Flash Player is not supported in FreeBSD, thus it not > mentioned on the End User License Agreement that Flash Player can be > downloaded and installed on the operating system. It is not that the > web player is prohibited in FreeBSD, but the operating system itself > is not compatible with Player. > > 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. > > To view the System Requirements of Flash Player, you may go to: > > http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/productinfo/systemreqs/ > > In connection with this, if you would like to make suggestions or > comments on how we can improve future versions of our software, or to > report possible "bugs" in our current versions, please visit: > > http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform/ > > Your comments, suggestions, and ideas for improvements are very > important to us. We appreciate you taking the time to send us this > information. > > I hope this additional information helps. > > Thank you for your patience on this matter. > > Should you have further concerns, feel free to write us back. > > Regards, > > Astrid C. Villanueva > Customer Service > Macromedia, now part of Adobe Systems > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Please use your incident number 8564611 in any correspondence with us. > > Customer Service at Macromedia, now part of Adobe Systems > > http://www.macromedia.com/support/service/ > > Note concerning Attachments: Please do not send attachments in a > reply to this email. Instead, can you please contact the support > agent to make arrangements to send your files. Thank you. > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Have you tried gnash? /usr/ports/graphics/gnash