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[Sam Lawrance]

On 10/04/2006, at 6:56 PM, Sam Lawrance wrote:

>
> On 10/04/2006, at 4:44 PM, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 01:16:35 -0500, Hiroki Sato <hrs at FreeBSD.org>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7 at cox.net> wrote
>>>   in <op.s7ryswfh9aq2h7 at mezz.mezzweb.com>:
>>>
>>> me> On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:29:45 -0500, Maxim Sobolev  
>>> <sobomax at FreeBSD.org>
>>> me> wrote:
>>> me> > I think the proper way is to mark the port restricted and  
>>> let user
>>> me> > decide if his operating system is "Authorized" or not.
>>> me>
>>> me> I agree, change it to tell users to download from  
>>> macromedia.com and put
>>> me> tarball in the distfiles directory. That should do.
>>>
>>>  According to the EULA:
>>>
>>>  - The Authorized Operating System is explicitly defined in the  
>>> EULA.
>>>    FreeBSD is not included.
>>>
>>>  - Copying the software from one computer to another is also  
>>> forbidden.
>>>
>>>  - Downloading the software from the distribution site means you are
>>>    confirming your acceptance of the software and agreement to  
>>> become
>>>    bound by the terms of the EULA.
>>
>> Exactly, it's why I am suggesting to have users to go to  
>> macromedia.com to download and put in their distfiles directory.
>>
>>>  So, strictly speaking downloading the distfile onto a FreeBSD box
>>>  does not mean a license violation immediately, but I think it
>>>  does not make sense.
>>>
>>>  Also, I am not clear why the user can decide if his operating  
>>> system
>>>  is the authorized one or not.  Could you please explain why it  
>>> works?
>>
>> I am using FreeBSD ports tree on Linux.
>
> Sounds terribly dodgy.  Perhaps a concerned flash-using committer  
> could try the following approach:
>
> http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=licensing
>
> From that page:
> Distribution licenses may be customized to address a number of  
> requests, including:
>
> * Additional platform support
> * Alterations to marketing or attribution terms
> * Alterations to the license term

I didn't see anyone jump at this, so I'm going to give it a go.   
We'll see what happens.