GPL'd Flash Library

[Tim Schmidt]

BTW, I'm not asking about this because I'm a software purist (I
definately prefer free software, but I use what's available), I do
many installs on Linux (lately Ubuntu) every week, and I'd prefer not
to have to set up flash every time.  Especially considdering in order
to use firefox's clicky method you have to have a fairly fast internet
connection (unless you want to wait an hour for flash to download).

--tim


On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 19:55:32 -0400, Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks John for referencing the philosophy page...  Hmmm...  as for


> the rest of you, you're using a pre-release of Firefox aren't you?
> You used Mozilla before it went 1.0 didn't you?  How the hell can you
> claim you're not beta testers?  This is the free / open-source
> software community right?  where everyone can contribute?
>
> And yes, firefox installs with a few clicks, but only for one user.  I
> don't want 30 installs of flash on my computer at home, one for each
> user.
>
> --tim
>
>
>
> On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 00:49:33 +0100, John Levin <john at technolalia.org> wrote:
> >
> > On 7 Oct 2004, at 00:35, Thibaut VARENE wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 19:22:39 -0400
> > > Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Just wondering if anyone's checked out the GPL'd flash library at
> > >> http://www.swift-tools.net/Flash/ ?
> > >>
> > >> It appears to be not 100% working, however, since it's a stated goal
> > >> of Ubuntu to be a 100% free distribution, I think many people
> > >
> > > Are you talking about Debian there? I couldn't find such a statement on
> > > Ubuntu website.
> > >
> >
> > "Ubuntu is a community driven project to create an operating system and
> > a full set of applications using free and open source software."
> > ...
> > "Our philosophy is reflected in the software we produce and include in
> > our distribution. As a result, the licensing terms of the software we
> > distribute are measured against our philosophy, using the Ubuntu
> > Software Licencing Guidelines. When you install Ubuntu almost all of
> > the software installed already meets these ideals, and we are working
> > to ensure that every single piece of software you need is available
> > under a licence that gives you those freedoms. Currently, we make a
> > specific exception for some "drivers" which are only available in
> > binary form, without which many computers will not complete the Ubuntu
> > installation. We place these in restricted section of your system which
> > makes them trivial to remove if you do not need them."
> >
> > http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu/philosophy/
> >
> > John
> >
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