cvs commit: ports LEGAL MOVED UPDATING ports/www Makefile CVSROOT modules ports/www/linux-flashplugin Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/www/linux-flashplugin6 Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist ports/www/linux-flashplugin7 Makefile distinfo pkg-descr ...

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:29:45 -0500, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax at FreeBSD.org>  
wrote:

> Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>> On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:20:36 -0500, Hiroki Sato <hrs at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>>
>>> hrs         2006-04-08 01:20:36 UTC
>>>
>>>   FreeBSD ports repository
>>>
>>>   Modified files:
>>>     .                    UPDATING MOVED LEGAL
>>>     www                  Makefile
>>>     .                    modules
>>>   Removed files:
>>>     www/linux-flashplugin Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist
>>>     www/linux-flashplugin6 Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist
>>>     www/linux-flashplugin7 Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist
>>>   Log:
>>>   Remove www/linux-flashplugin* ports because of license problem.
>>>   The EULA says:
>>>   You may not use the Software on ... (D) any operating system that
>>>    is not an Authorized Operating System.
>>>  and FreeBSD is not an Authorized Operating System which it defines.
>>  That sucks! +1 more port to maintain by myself.....
>
> I think the proper way is to mark the port restricted and let user  
> decide if his operating system is "Authorized" or not.

I agree, change it to tell users to download from macromedia.com and put  
tarball in the distfiles directory. That should do.

Cheers,
Mezz

> -Maxim


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