Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:34:09 -0500 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 131, Issue 6 Message-ID: <443C20D1.8060800@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <20060411210936.GA90707@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20060411182758.304D316A42D@hub.freebsd.org> <443C19F7.6030508@experclick.com> <20060411210936.GA90707@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 02:04:55PM -0700, Alfred Morgan wrote: >> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:47:07 -0500 >> From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> >> Subject: Wanted: Flash player for <browser_of_choice>.... >> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> >> Message-ID: <443BB35B.6050801@computer.org> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >>> So... now that www/linux-flashplugin* are gone, I was hoping to get >>> opinions on which alternative flashplayer(s) are reasonably good. >> Why can't we do it like we did with java? Where we had to download the >> linux version manually from a given URL saving it into our distfiles >> directory. Then we would run the ports install procedure and all would be >> happy again. > > Because the software license says you may not use it on FreeBSD, period. > Any idea if anyone (the FreeBSD Foundation?) is going to attempt to change the situation? Seems like flash support would be a useful feature for those using FreeBSD on the desktop. > Kris -- Regards, Eric
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