From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 12 23:15:27 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 1E81D16A400 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:15:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vayu@sklinks.com) Received: from smtp110.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp110.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.209]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B50E443D45 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:15:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vayu@sklinks.com) Received: (qmail 79552 invoked from network); 12 Apr 2006 23:15:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO akasha.akasha) (varuna@sbcglobal.net@69.107.4.129 with plain) by smtp110.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 Apr 2006 23:15:26 -0000 From: Vayu To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:15:23 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <443BB35B.6050801@computer.org> <20060412181607.GA24522@xor.obsecurity.org> <54db43990604121520i715fda4j26a8c828ca0c8d22@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <54db43990604121520i715fda4j26a8c828ca0c8d22@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200604121615.23946.vayu@sklinks.com> Cc: Bob Johnson 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 23:15:27 -0000 On Wednesday 12 April 2006 15:20, Bob Johnson wrote: > 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. > What email address did you use?