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 > > 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