Bug#81708: flash: to gpl or not to gpl
Hi,
How's the progress on this ITP? Who is currently working on
this? I think officially Robert McQueen is "owner" of this
ITP. Is Matt Zimmerman taking over?
I see that this ITP is about trying to package flash with GPL.
Are you sure flash _can_ be packaged GPL? Have you found
solutions for the problems described in the mails in this ITP?
If flash cannot be packaged GPL, do you intent to package it
in the non-free section for flash support for Mozilla?
I see that flash is already packaged for Netscape. I'd like
to see flash packaged for Mozilla. Should we package flash
again separately for Mozilla? Or can we modify the existing
package to support flash for both Netscape and Mozilla (this
is a question on dependencies)?
When I surf with Mozilla to a flash-only website (yuk), I'm
suggested to download a tarball from Macromedia. The most
straightforward solution seems to be to package that tarball
into a Debian package. Or should we use another source than
Macromedia to make a package for flash for Mozilla?
I'm interested in packaging the Macromedia tarball into a
package, unless _this_ ITP produces a legal and usable
package for flash for Mozilla within a reasonable time.
Is it legal to simply package flash from Macromedia in the
non-free section? I guess not. Should someone ask Macromedia
for permission? How is this officially done? I guess an
official Debian developer, which I'm not (yet?), should ask
Macromedia...
Bart Martens
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