Fwd: GPL'd Flash Library

[Tim Schmidt]

Also, see:
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/faq/helpcenterfaq.2004-09-16.3469703387

The GPL'd Flash library seems to solve an acknowledged problem, what's
the beef with including it?

--tim

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 19:58:14 -0400, Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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> >
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