Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:23:16 +0000 From: Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: Reid Linnemann <lreid@a.cs.okstate.edu> Cc: "Heiko Wundram \(Beenic\)" <wundram@beenic.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what happened to linuxflashplugin? Message-ID: <47B06864.2020408@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <47B06380.1000008@cs.okstate.edu> References: <47AFC80B.8090303@gmail.com> <47B05924.5000405@cs.okstate.edu> <47B05C7A.80602@pacific.net.sg> <200802111540.34420.wundram@beenic.net> <47B06380.1000008@cs.okstate.edu>
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Reid Linnemann wrote: > Written by Heiko Wundram (Beenic) on 02/11/08 08:40>> >> Am Montag, 11. Februar 2008 15:32:26 schrieb Erich Dollansky: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Reid Linnemann wrote: >>>> Written by James on 02/10/08 21:59>> >>>> >>>>> I just tried a portupgrade out and it failed on linux flashplugin. >>>>> Apparently, none of the file exist in the ftp repositories anymore. Any >>>>> idea what happened there? >>>>> >>>>> James >>>> from /usr/ports/UPDATING: >>>> >>>> >>>> 2006-04-08 >>>> >>>> Affects: users of www/linux-flashplugin* >>>> >>>> Author: hrs@FreeBSD.org >>>> >>>> Reason: >>>> These ports have been removed because the End User License Agreement >>>> explicitly forbids to run the Flash Player on FreeBSD. >>>> For more details, see >>>> http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/license/desktop/. >>> I could not find the word FreeBSD in the license agreement. >>> >>> BSD also does not appear there. >> Read this (in the license agreement): >> >> """... >> For the avoidance of doubt, no embedded or device versions of the above >> operating systems, or any other operating systems, are included as Authorized >> Operating Systems. >> ... >> 2.1 You may install and use the Software on a single desktop or laptop >> computer that runs an Authorized Operating System. A license for the Software >> may not be shared, installed or used concurrently on different computers. >> """ >> >> ...where "Authorized Operating Systems" is only Windows, Linux, Solaris and >> Mac OS as defined before the initial sentence, and as such, there's no clause >> that allows you to use the software on BSDs, and finally, that makes it >> forbidden to use on BSDs. >> >> This is another reason why Flash is bad, bad, bad. Am I repeating myself? >> > > There appears to be an echo in this room.... > > FWIW, should you accidentally comment out the "RESTRICTED" declaration > in the port Makefile, and the plugin tarball mysteriously materialize in > /usr/ports/distfiles, you could perhaps accidentally install the port > and put yourself in violation of the license (you naughty boy you). > > I couldn't find the flashplugin-7 tarball anywhere, but the > flashplugin-9 tarball is at > http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz > (so you can download it for your linux machines, duh ;) ) Also people saying that FreeBSD has no licence to use flash should read /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin9/pkg-descr or /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin7/pkg-descr Where the 2006 UPDATING entrry is addressed. personally http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/fp7_archive.zip will download fine for me. [~](15:20:39) {root@prawn}#rm /usr/ports/distfiles/flashplugin/fp7_archive.zip [~](15:21:07) {root@prawn}#portupgrade -f www/linux-flashplugin7 [Gathering depends for www/linux-flashplugin7 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. done] ---> Reinstalling 'linux-flashplugin-7.0r73' (www/linux-flashplugin7) ---> Building '/usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin7' ===> Cleaning for linux-flashplugin-7.0r73 ===> Found saved configuration for linux-flashplugin-7.0r70 => fp7_archive.zip doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/flashplugin. => Attempting to fetch from http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/. fp7_archive.zip 39% of 37 MB 203 kBps 01m56s Vince > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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