linux-flashplugin9 Restricted?

[Derek Graham]

on Monday 02 June 2008Monday 02 June 2008 RW RW <fbsd06 at mlists.homeunix.com> 
wrote:

> On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:09:58 -0500
>
> Derek Graham <derek.graham at att.net> wrote:
> > from freshports.org:
> > >> 2006-04-08
> > >> Affects: users of www/linux-flashplugin*
> > >> Author: hrs at FreeBSD.org
> > >> Reason:
> > >> 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/.
> >
> > I found this odd, I remember seeing an email from adobe someone
> > posted that said that they do not support freebsd but they do not
> > forbid users to use flash if they can get it working.
>
> Note that this entry is dated 2006. The flash ports were temporarily
> removed and then reinstated shortly after. This is not an issue, as far
> as I know.
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Then why do they still show up as Restricted in portfresh and ports?
7 is almost useless anyway since most sites use 9 now, and 9 is not even worth 
the time, flash almost is a waste of time installing :p


Sincerely,
Derek A. Graham