From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 12 22:20:53 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 5365216A40B for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:20:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsdlists@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.234]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95D5C43D76 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:20:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsdlists@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i4so1257294wra for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:20:26 -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:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Cl67KFRzencVpxHE1CBbQkLs8D919x3+g1TFpBKssxd7gX/JQ5xmkjnq2Whw71+ItbpnIrgf+XLUjebv4cSPVr5qGRgYlZ7+5kz31vpn5/NNg8QoNw5/aCFCXpr5hXRQZDNzGXtCNPvQh3GqP88yd+FAzvxNJuk0M/ScVeQXkJQ= Received: by 10.65.205.5 with SMTP id h5mr3724840qbq; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:20:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.253.11 with HTTP; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:20:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <54db43990604121520i715fda4j26a8c828ca0c8d22@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:20:26 -0400 From: "Bob Johnson" To: "Kris Kennaway" In-Reply-To: <20060412181607.GA24522@xor.obsecurity.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <443BB35B.6050801@computer.org> <200604121137.32229.work@ashleymoran.me.uk> <20060412141502.GA39355@beryl.lonsteins.com> <200604121528.14491.work@ashleymoran.me.uk> <20060412181607.GA24522@xor.obsecurity.org> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:32:45 +0000 Cc: Andy Reitz , Ashley Moran , bobo1009@mailtest2.eng.ufl.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, portmgr@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 22:20:53 -0000 On 4/12/06, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 02:11:12PM -0400, Andy Reitz wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Apr 2006, Ashley Moran wrote: > > > > > On Wednesday 12 April 2006 15:15, you wrote: > > > > I forwarded this license issue to an engineer I know there. His > > > > response was positive. We'll have to see how it goes with their > > > > management and legal. > > I lost track of the above email, but keep portmgr@ and the port > maintainer in the loop with developments on this front. > I submitted a query to Adobe customer support via their web site. The reply I got stated in part: "Please note that Flash Player 8 is not supported in FreeBSD, thus it not mentioned on the End User License Agreement that Flash Player can download 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 Flash Player." I have replied to them to point out that this statement is incorrect, that FreeBSD is entirely capable of running Flash Player, but FreeBSD users such as I are now prohibited from using Adobe products. I asked them if they want me to stop using it -- it will be interesting to see what they say. I also pointed out that if that was not their intent, they should consider changing the wording of the EULA. I think that if everyone who is speculating about this on this list were instead to submit their requests for clarification (not threats) to Adobe's customer support, it might get some attention from Adobe. - Bob