From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 11 21:34:11 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 AAE9F16A401 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:34:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [63.240.77.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DD0343D48 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:34:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from [208.206.151.59] (host59.gtisd.com[208.206.151.59]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2006041121340901100eira5e>; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:34:10 +0000 Message-ID: <443C20D1.8060800@computer.org> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:34:09 -0500 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060402) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kris Kennaway References: <20060411182758.304D316A42D@hub.freebsd.org> <443C19F7.6030508@experclick.com> <20060411210936.GA90707@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20060411210936.GA90707@xor.obsecurity.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 131, Issue 6 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: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:34:11 -0000 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 >> Subject: Wanted: Flash player for .... >> To: FreeBSD Questions >> 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