Bug#99134: ITP: mozilla-flash-shockwave -- Macromedia flash and shockwave for Mozilla
Bart,
You're probably going to be SOL on this one. Under Section (3) of their
license, it clearly states:
"You may not make or distribute copies of the Macromedia Product, or
electronically transfer the Macromedia Product from one computer to another
or over a network."
That, to me, sounds like redistribution is very NOT allowed. They do let
people sign licenses as distributors [1], however, AFAIK, Debian doesn't do
that sort of thing, so Macromedia players will never be able to go into
Debian, not even in non-free.
... Adam Conrad
[1] http://www.macromedia.com/support/shockwave/info/licensing/license.html
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bart Martens [mailto:bart.martens@chello.be]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 3:05 AM
> To: submit@bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Bug#99134: ITP: mozilla-flash-shockwave --
> Macromedia flash and
> shockwave for Mozilla
>
>
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
>
> I intent to package Macromedia flash player and shockwave player
> for Mozilla.
>
> These two players can both be downloaded together from [1], in
> one tarball.
>
> Note the existence of ITP "flash -- GPL Flash Library" [2]. Matt
> suggested there "You should examine the tarball from Macromedia
> and read the license agreement to determine whether it is
> redistributable. If it is, it can go into non-free.".
>
> The license is online at [3]. I think that the license allows
> redistribution as a Debian package. I'll contact
> debian-legal@lists.debian.org and Macromedia to be sure.
>
> Note that flash and shockwave are already packaged for Netscape
> in the package netscape-base.
>
> Any suggestions are very welcome!
>
> Bart Martens
>
>
> [1] http://www.macromedia.com/downloads/
> [2] http://bugs.debian.org/81708
> [3]
> http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/license/desktop/c
ontents.html
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