From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 13 18:17:17 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 2227916A402 for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:17:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sveinhal@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7058543D46 for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:17:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sveinhal@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s9so1261799wxc for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:17:14 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=KanGDYPn6cYa2kQdXvVk4DjpOmVt1DQozB5JuTGNAjseL1tWjYGTjxJa7YNagZvHh95Eb6wCWyfrNiGQuGom/hOUlzCPjK/TyvcnbCACrXsIzBu3UQxfqvwt6/PR0oVXOJzO6hY3UlCBSPritR7VqKbW0Qil5BLwbzyG6LM1PPI= Received: by 10.70.28.5 with SMTP id b5mr1013580wxb; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:17:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.117.5 with HTTP; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:17:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:17:14 +0200 From: "Svein Halvor Halvorsen" Sender: sveinhal@gmail.com To: "Bob Johnson" In-Reply-To: <54db43990604131106u48b38df2jecee4e628769da0a@mail.gmail.com> 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> <54db43990604121520i715fda4j26a8c828ca0c8d22@mail.gmail.com> <20060412224509.GA32598@xor.obsecurity.org> <54db43990604131106u48b38df2jecee4e628769da0a@mail.gmail.com> Cc: portmgr@freebsd.org, bobo1009@mailtest2.eng.ufl.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway 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: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:17:17 -0000 On 4/13/06, Bob Johnson wrote: > I think that if only one person questions this, their response will be > that there aren't enough FreeBSD users to worry about. If several > question it (politely), it might get a little attention somewhere > above the front-line customer service level. > > Anyway, the answer I got is not highly enlightening. The most > significant paragraph (I think): > > Please note that it is your option whether to install Flash Player > on your FreeBSD; however, please note that we cannot provide > you with any technical support, warranties or remedies for the > software, although it is clearly stated on the End User License > Agreement, the only authorized operating systems where you > may download and install Flash Player. > > I'm pretty sure they are telling me that is up to me whether or not I > break the law. I already knew that. When I emailed them about this, I was first told that FreeBSD was not tested and therefor not supported. But when I clarified my question, stating that the issue is a legal one, not a technical one, they told me thet the EULA must be respected. (What else could they have said?). They were understanding, though, and asked me to file a feature request for the Flash team, to support FreeBSD, which I did. Svein Halvor