On Nov 17, 2014 12:13 PM, "Steve Clark" <sclark at netwolves.com> wrote: > > On 11/17/2014 11:49 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: >> >> On 11/17/2014 10:05 AM, Darr247 wrote: >>> >>> On 17 November 2014 @15:19 zulu, Johnny Hughes wrote: >>>> >>>> I (we, the CentOS Project) can not distribute flash >>> >>> Is it because Adobe said no, or that you never actually asked? >>> Because I was OK'd to distribute FlashPlayer (both the ActiveX and >>> 'other browser' Plugin versions) just by filling out a simple online >>> application. >>> https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=distribution_form&pv=fp >>> >>> Or is it because the CentOS Project *won't* distribute it because Adobe >>> doesn't release the source code? >> >> Well, Red Hat had to take it out of their build. And in this case the >> issue is a combination problem with Adobe and Google. Google has >> permission to build and distribute flash as pepperflash in Chrome. >> >> Red Hat asked and was told no for that combination in chromium. >> >> Adobe's actual flash player no longer works on chromium .. only >> pepperflash, built by Google. >> >> And Google does not allow chromium builders to distribute that (well >> they (Google) are only allowed to distribute it by Adobe). >> >> So, the thing I would need to get permission to distribute is the >> pepperflash.so which is built by Google, which I can not distribute. >> >> So, this is much less a problem of no source code ... it is that I can't >> build it, Adobe's no longer works, and no one but Google can distribute >> pepperflash.so legally in the US. >> >> Thanks, >> Johnny Hughes >> >> Johnny, Your build of the later chromiums works great on CO 6.6 (not withstanding the no built in flash support). What would it take to get these into a more timely release schedule? And into a more "standard" repository (e.g. EPEL)? Or, do you have relatively cookbookish build instructions? (Or, has someone already done this?) Thanks again for what you've done. Matt > Slightly OT - Mozilla is building their own flash player using JS it is called shumway. > > -- > Stephen Clark > *NetWolves Managed Services, LLC.* > Director of Technology > Phone: 813-579-3200 > Fax: 813-882-0209 > Email: steve.clark at netwolves.com > http://www.netwolves.com > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos