From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 3 01:28:05 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62843106564A for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 01:28:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kitche@kitchetech.com) Received: from rt06.vds2000.com (s6.n225.vds2000.com [64.6.225.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29AC68FC12 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 01:28:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kitche@kitchetech.com) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43771 helo=kitchetech.com) by rt06.vds2000.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1K3LC1-0001v1-K6; Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:20:05 -0400 Received: from 72.65.6.48 ([72.65.6.48]) (SquirrelMail authenticated user kitche@kitchetech.com) by kitchetech.com with HTTP; Mon, 2 Jun 2008 21:20:05 -0400 (EDT) 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.> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 21:20:05 -0400 (EDT) From: "Kitche" To: "RW" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.9a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - rt06.vds2000.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - kitchetech.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux-flashplugin9 Restricted? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:28:05 -0000 > On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 18:27:07 -0500 > Derek Graham wrote: > >> on Monday 02 June 2008Monday 02 June 2008 RW RW >> wrote: >> >> > On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:09:58 -0500 >> > Derek Graham 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.