Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:20:07 -0700 From: "Gayn Winters" <gayn.winters@bristolsystems.com> To: "'Svein Halvor Halvorsen'" <svein.h@lvor.halvorsen.cc>, "'Bob Johnson'" <fbsdlists@gmail.com> Cc: 'Kris Kennaway' <kris@obsecurity.org>, bobo1009@mailtest2.eng.ufl.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, portmgr@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Wanted: Flash player for <browser_of_choice>.... Message-ID: <001e01c65f2f$4976c560$6501a8c0@workdog> In-Reply-To: <bbe90d1d0604131117h608d1357r2efa791bb0c1dd14@mail.gmail.com>
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Bristol Systems Inc. 714/532-6776 www.bristolsystems.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > Svein Halvor Halvorsen > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 11:17 AM > To: Bob Johnson > Cc: portmgr@freebsd.org; bobo1009@mailtest2.eng.ufl.edu; > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Kris Kennaway > Subject: Re: Wanted: Flash player for <browser_of_choice>.... > > > On 4/13/06, Bob Johnson <fbsdlists@gmail.com> 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. > After reading the Adobe licensing FAQs http://www.macromedia.com/licensing/distribution/faq/ It seems to me that the proper route would be via a special license request rather than a feature request. This would probably get to someone in their legal department who could decide if a change in the EULA is easier that a special FreeBSD license (which would have to get distributed with the port or package.) On the cited page there is a link to a form for such special license requests. I don't know who the right person within the FreeBSD community is to make such a request.... -gayn Bristol Systems Inc. 714/532-6776 www.bristolsystems.com
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