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From: "Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn" <chithanh@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Adding AdobeFlash-10{,.1} licenses to EULA group
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:37:29 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C1AA3A9.2040204@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C1A9E38.8050206@gmail.com>

Dale schrieb:
>>>>> One notable section is 7.6 in which Adobe reserves the right to
>>>>> download and install additional Content Protection software on the
>>>>> user's PC.
>>>> Not like anyone will actually *read* the license before adding it to
>>>> their accept group, but if they did this would indeed be an important
>>>> thing of which users should be aware.
>>> I defend it is our job to warn users about this kind of details. To me
>>> it sounds that a einfo at post-build phase would do the job, what do 
>>> you
>>> guys think?

Though I am not opposed to adding a warning, I think the license mask is 
sufficient. If users demonstrate their indifference by setting 
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" or adding AdobeFlash-10.1 without reading the 
license, then I somehow doubt that elog messages will have an effect.
>> Definitely yes! This is a very dangerous snippet in Adobe's license 
>> which
>> should be pretty clearly pointed at to every user.
>>
>
> Could that also include a alternative to adobe?  If there is one.

There are three open-source flash browser plugins in portage:
- swfdec: development seems to have stalled
- gnash: I have received mixed reports about the stability of the 
current version. The next release will include VA-API support and other 
improvements.
- lightspark: a recent effort which is in its early stages and still 
incomplete in many ways (eg. audio support is planned for 0.4.2)

None of them I consider good enough to replace adobe-flash for the 
average user.


Regards,
Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn




  reply	other threads:[~2010-06-17 22:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-14 21:20 [gentoo-dev] Adding AdobeFlash-10{,.1} licenses to EULA group Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
2010-06-16 12:40 ` Jim Ramsay
2010-06-16 12:45   ` Angelo Arrifano
2010-06-17 22:06     ` Lars Wendler
2010-06-17 22:14       ` Dale
2010-06-17 22:37         ` Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn [this message]
2010-06-17 23:20           ` Lars Wendler
2010-06-18  1:42         ` Brian Harring
2010-06-18  6:10           ` Dale
2010-06-18  9:08           ` Lars Wendler
2010-06-18 10:16             ` Alec Warner
2010-06-18 13:58               ` Angelo Arrifano
2010-06-18 17:56                 ` Brian Harring
2010-06-19  2:29                   ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2010-06-23 18:41                 ` [gentoo-dev] " Domen Kožar
2010-06-24  5:59                   ` Thilo Bangert
2010-06-19  2:25               ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan

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