Re: Linux-flashplugin7 & rtld - RFC

http://www.freshports.org/commit.php?message_id=200604262148.k3QLma6Z060051_at_repoman.freebsd.org


26 Apr 2006

Bring back www/linux-flashplugin7

[Maintainer update] www/linux-flashplugin7 - to be restored from attic

        port www/linux-flashplugin7 was deleted to the attic, due
        to a licensing issue that has now been resolved. Therefore
        the port can be restored.

 | From: Service <service_at_macromedia.com>
 | Date: Apr 24, 2006 5:55 PM
 | Subject: Macromedia Customer Service Request [8542731]
 | To: Chad Gross <avatar4d_at_gmail.com>
 |
 |
 | Hi Chad,
 |
 | Thank you for contacting Customer Service at Macromedia, now part of
 | Adobe Systems.
 |
 | I understand your feedback on the compatibility of Flash Player on BSD.
 |
 | Please note that Flash Player is not supported in FreeBSD, thus it not
 | mentioned on the End User License Agreement that Flash Player can be
 | downloaded and installed on the operating system.  It is not that the
 | web player is prohibited in FreeBSD, but the operating system itself
 | is not compatible with Player.
 |
 | 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.
 |
 | To view the System Requirements of Flash Player, you may go to:
 |
 | http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/productinfo/systemreqs/
 |
 | In connection with this, if you would like to make suggestions or
 | comments on how we can improve future versions of our software, or to
 | report possible "bugs" in our current versions, please visit:
 |
 | http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform/
 |
 | Your comments, suggestions, and ideas for improvements are very
 | important to us. We appreciate you taking the time to send us this
 | information.
 |
 | I hope this helps.
 |
 | Should you have further concerns, feel free to write us back.
 |
 | Regards,
 |
 | Astrid C. Villanueva
 | Customer Service
 | Macromedia, now part of Adobe Systems

PR:             ports/96374
<http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/96374>
Submitted by:   Jamie Jones <jamie_at_bishopston.net>
distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist CVS:







On 6/14/06, Tarc <tarc_at_tarc.po.cs.msu.su> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 03:57:50PM +0200, Ivan Voras wrote:
> > There's a reasonably well-known way to make Flash7 player work in
> FreeBSD, described here:
> >
> > http://www.jail.se/freebsd.html
> >
> > It involves patching the rtld with this patch:
> >
> > http://www.jail.se/freebsd/rtld_dlsym_hack.diff
> >
> > I'm not an expert, but this patch looks like free lunch - it doesn't
> look like it's going to
> > break anything (though not much software depends on it :) ) - can it be
> committed to current and
> > releng_6?
> >
> See UPDATING file:
> 20060408:
>   AFFECTS: users of www/linux-flashplugin*
>   AUTHOR: hrs_at_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/.
>
>
> --
>    Best regards,
>         Arseny Nasokin
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