Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:23:56 -0600 From: Reid Linnemann <lreid@cs.okstate.edu> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what happened to linuxflashplugin? Message-ID: <47B0A0CC.9050402@cs.okstate.edu> In-Reply-To: <20080211200141.G5406@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <47AFC80B.8090303@gmail.com> <47B05C7A.80602@pacific.net.sg> <200802111540.34420.wundram@beenic.net> <200802112036.50352.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-questions@hst.org.za> <47B0985A.2030804@cs.okstate.edu> <20080211200141.G5406@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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Written by Wojciech Puchar on 02/11/08 13:02>> >>> Jonathan >> >> The information I posted appears to be irrelevant now; from >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/96374 the license issue >> appears to be resolved, but FreeBSD is still not permitted to >> "distribute" linux-flashplugin, that right being reserved by >> "authorized" operating systems and thus requiring the restricted flag. >> But they don't prohibit individual user from grabbing flash for FreeBSD >> on their own. > > this is excellent licence. this will make users smart enough to use ports > subsystem - able to use it, while others (who installed FreeBSD because > they heard it's better than linux vista or whatever) - will not ;) heh - a darwinian user filter, yes?
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