Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:11:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Andy Reitz <reitz@eecs.cwru.edu> To: Ashley Moran <work@ashleymoran.me.uk> Cc: Ross Lonstein <ross-freebsd@lonsteins.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wanted: Flash player for <browser_of_choice>.... Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.53.0604121409500.3512@cerne.EECS.cwru.edu> In-Reply-To: <200604121528.14491.work@ashleymoran.me.uk> References: <443BB35B.6050801@computer.org> <200604121137.32229.work@ashleymoran.me.uk> <20060412141502.GA39355@beryl.lonsteins.com> <200604121528.14491.work@ashleymoran.me.uk>
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On Wed, 12 Apr 2006, Ashley Moran wrote: > On Wednesday 12 April 2006 15:15, you wrote: > > I forwarded this license issue to an engineer I know there. His > > response was positive. We'll have to see how it goes with their > > management and legal. > > Cool > > From reading the license I got the impression they only really want to block > users from installing Flash on embedded devices (why I do not know...) - the > lawyers probably don't even realise FreeBSD exists. I doubt it was intented > as a positive exclusion of the OS. My guess is because they have a specific version of flash for embedded devices, and they want to ensure that the PC flash doesn't end up on a mobile device. Here is the URL for the embedded flash, "Flash Lite": http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/devices/ -Andy.
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