Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 21:20:05 -0400 (EDT) From: "Kitche" <kitche@kitchetech.com> To: "RW" <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux-flashplugin9 Restricted? Message-ID: <2092.72.65.6.48.1212456005.squirrel@kitchetech.com> In-Reply-To: <20080603015910.5aaf8567@gumby.homeunix.com.> References: <200806021609.58980.derek.graham@att.net> <20080603000811.3aae5319@gumby.homeunix.com.> <200806021827.08144.derek.graham@att.net> <20080603015910.5aaf8567@gumby.homeunix.com.>
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> On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 18:27:07 -0500 > Derek Graham <derek.graham@att.net> wrote: > >> on Monday 02 June 2008Monday 02 June 2008 RW RW >> <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> wrote: >> >> > On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:09:58 -0500 >> > Derek Graham <derek.graham@att.net> wrote: > >> > > I found this odd, I remember seeing an email from adobe someone >> > > posted that said that they do not support freebsd but they do not >> > > forbid users to use flash if they can get it working. >> > >> > Note that this entry is dated 2006. The flash ports were temporarily >> > removed and then reinstated shortly after. This is not an issue, as >> > far as I know. > " >> Then why do they still show up as Restricted in portfresh and ports? > > At lot of proprietary software is marked as RESTRICTED, in this case > the reason is simply "Redistribution not allowed". > > At the time the port was removed it was against the license to run > the binary on any OS that wasn't officially supported. > > >> 7 is almost useless anyway since most sites use 9 now, and 9 is not >> even worth the time, flash almost is a waste of time installing :p > > AFAIK Flash9 relies on the Linux 2.6 kernel, and so wont run on > FreeBSDs default of 2.4. I've not tried it, but I think people have said > it can be made to run with 2.6 emulation. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Flash9 does not run with 2.6 emulation it crashes but does run for like a second.
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