Hi John, Did you see my post?
On 7/20/05, David Rorex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/20/05, emilianoz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [I am] aiming at distributing .swf files on a fixed medium (a HD) with a > > desktop Linux, > > What I understand: > emi wants to load some .swfs and flash player on a desktop computer > running linux, and then distribute it. He asked macromedia on what the > terms were for distributing flash player on linux, and then macromedia > said: > * You can distribute flash player with supported versions of linux > * Fedora is not supported (and then they say fedora is a linux kernel, > which is completly wrong), therefore you cannot distribute flash > player on it (they could just say 'it's not supported' but no: they > said he is legally forbidden from doing it) > * You cannot distribute on 'embedded' versions of linux > * GNU/Linux (a generic term applying to ALL distributions of linux) is > considered an embedded version of linux (also completely wrong) > > Understandably, emi seems very confused. > > -David R > And then his reply: (two emails condensed into one) On 7/20/05, emilianoz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes David, you have got the pionts. > > BTW, I was not only forbidden to DISTRIBUTE the player but forbidden > to even INSTALL it! > > Emi Basically, he wants to distribute the flash player with a linux desktop which has some swfs he wrote. I am assuming they may not always have internet connectivity, so forcing the user to download and install is not an option, he wants to pre-load the flash player. But the response he got from macromedia, basically said he is forbidden to install the flash player on _ANY_ linux system at all: "GNU/Linux is considered as an embedded version of Linux, and we do not license users to install the player on an un-supported Operating System" Note that GNU/Linux is a generic term that applies to ALL distributions of linux. Maybe it would be helpful if emi could post who exactly at macromedia gave him this obviously wrong information. He just said "macromedia customer service," and I'm not sure how they work, maybe they don't sign emails with an actual person's name. -David R _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
