Re: (OT) gnash vs. flash (was Re: Why does installing gnome ...)
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On 2010-03-17 16:35, Neal Hogan wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2010-03-17 10:40, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Installing Gnash screws up Flash.
>>>>
>>>> That is the core of the problem that needs to be fixed.
>>>> There's no reason the two shouldn't be able to coexist peacefully so
>>>> that each user on the machine can choose which flash player she wants
>>>> to use.
>>>>
>>> The rub is that Debian doesn't officially know that Flash exists. Even if
>>> it
>>> did, too many DDs are morally opposed to closed-source to want to Depend
>>> on
>>> it.
>>
>> I highly suspect a flame-war here, but isn't against the
>> "Stallmanian-principle" for a linux machines to play with those
>> proprietary kids AT ALL. That is, debian (or any other linux) should
>> not even consider talking with that kind of software. I'm just curious
>> how many linux users/devs/etc maintain that position, given that I'm
>> not one of those users.
>>
>
> Enough DDs are sufficiently practical for there to be a non-free tree, and
> Christian Marillat does yeoman's work with
> http://www.debian-multimedia.org/.
>
<no flames intended>
Ok . . . that's fine, but I'm still curious about the number of
debian-user@ folks who appreciate or abide by or whatever the
"Stallman-point-o-view."
P.S. -- . . . and if I'm lucky, why Stallman might not be relevant to
the linux project.
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