[CentOS] Chromium browser for C6

[Steve Clark]

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.

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