From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 12 15:14:53 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 C247116A40A for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:14:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from greenwood.andy@gmail.com) Received: from pproxy.gmail.com (pproxy.gmail.com [64.233.166.183]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3E6A43D58 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:14:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from greenwood.andy@gmail.com) Received: by pproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id t32so1638798pyc for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:14:20 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=jjp7frV34JDwksTut1V7BxWfSYKNpciKXXbOacdij2AMCGQ7b4LCu1vaLgJI1noMjggeBv3lBhAAZY55iVHeSlmKTZCzvt83lSYa+IVC3bUllvuOvzkQTunxukTncx47nR5pF9RwgfCiMPrH24j3LaMFGKDhFbDAH9XgsFHNELA= Received: by 10.35.34.18 with SMTP id m18mr650224pyj; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:14:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.72.18 with HTTP; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:14:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3ee9ca710604120814u6ca61bf5pd459a1cdd5a3ec3f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:14:20 -0400 From: "Andy Greenwood" To: "Paul Schmehl" In-Reply-To: <443D170C.3080103@utdallas.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <443BB35B.6050801@computer.org> <20060411204721.S35382@tripel.monochrome.org> <443C59BF.60901@computer.org> <200604121137.32229.work@ashleymoran.me.uk> <443D170C.3080103@utdallas.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wanted: Flash player for .... 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, 12 Apr 2006 15:14:53 -0000 On 4/12/06, Paul Schmehl wrote: > > Ashley Moran wrote: > > On Wednesday 12 April 2006 02:37, Eric Schuele wrote: > >> Either way... I hope somehow they see fit to loosen the language a bit > >> in the future. > > > > Can't we petition Adobe somehow? I'm a bit stuck now - my company's > main > > application is written in Flash! > > > Petition? How about we sue them? How can a vendor dictate what > platform they allow their software to run on? Just because they > designed it for some other OS doesn't mean, if I can figure out a way to > make it work, that they can tell me I can't run it on that platform. With the Current EULA, that's exactly what they CAN do I'm not a lawyer either, but frankly I think their EULA is unenforceable > and their attitude ought to cost them customers. I'll agree with you here. Hopefully they'll see the light and change the EULA. -- > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > Adjunct Information Security Officer > The University of Texas at Dallas > http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ > > >