Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:35:27 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, Joseph Vella <satyam@sklinks.com>, Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> Subject: Re: Wanted: Flash player for <browser_of_choice>.... Message-ID: <20060412013527.GD62410@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20060411204721.S35382@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <443BB35B.6050801@computer.org> <200604111628.49416.satyam@sklinks.com> <443C3E9C.4090505@computer.org> <20060412003033.GB62410@thought.org> <20060411204721.S35382@tripel.monochrome.org>
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On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 08:53:23PM -0400, Chris Hill wrote: > On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Gary Kline wrote: > > >On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 06:41:16PM -0500, Eric Schuele wrote: > >>Joseph Vella wrote: > >>>On Tuesday 11 April 2006 06:47, Eric Schuele wrote: > >>>>[Hoping this isn't too OT for the list] > >>>> > >>>>So... now that www/linux-flashplugin* are gone, I was hoping to get > >>>>opinions on which alternative flashplayer(s) are reasonably good. I use > >>>>firefox and would prefer a plugin for it... but am generally interested > >>>>in the state of any flash player. I know there are a handful in ports, > >>>>just wanted some opinions. > >>>> > >>>>Could anyone please offer their opinion on > >>>> - which alternative they are using > >>>> - why > >>>> - comment(s) on installation ease (or lack thereof) > >>>> - is it a standalone or plugin > >>>> > >>> > >>>I missed it. Why is www/linux-flashplugin* gone? > >> > >>From /usr/ports/UPDATING: > >> > >>20060408: > >> AFFECTS: users of www/linux-flashplugin* > >> AUTHOR: hrs@FreeBSD.org > >> > >> 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/ > > > Good grief! Is this even under linux-emulatio? Oughtta read > > the URL. WHat a pain! > > Seriously. But there it is, in section 3.a.(D) of the given URL: > "You may not use the Software on ... any operating system that > is not an Authorized Operating System." > > I wonder why Macromedia felt the need to pay their lawyers to add this > clause. I will email them and ask, if I can find a way to do so. > > Serious question: If one already happened to have this package > installed, could he hold onto it by editing pkgtools.conf to contain > HOLD_PKGS = [ > 'linuxpluginwrapper*', > ] > > ? > I don't see why the above wouldn't work; there are a few ports I have in the HOLD_PKGS list. They're still working. I've done some hacking the past few weeks on tools to aide HTML stuff for books I'll soon put up, so I haven't quit programming altgether. Sooooo: what's the consensus on *us* andor the open-src community getting together and doing our own free version of this shock/flash stuff? I'm read to volunteer. gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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