Bug#146636: status of flashplayer/plugin
On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 04:35:31PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote:
>
> > I will keep waiting for flashutils upstream's response,
> > but i realy suggest looking at tubesock for flash
> > playing or any feedback you have in mind.
>
> Just as a data point, I was never able to get flashplugin working on any
> platform other than i386 (tried alpha and powerpc), so I'm not sure how
> much of a win it would be if flashplugin did make it into the archive.
and flashplayer, does it work on alpha and powerpc?
> I'm not sure what you mean by a GPL violation (I thought the problem
> with flashplugin was a dependency on a header we have no right to
> redistribute),
flashplugin includes a header from the mozilla sources that is licensed
under the MPL only, but GPL code cannot be linked with non-GPL code.
> but it appears that tubesock is also GPL. If there
> really is a GPL violation involved in packaging flashplugin, wouldn't
> tubesock have the same problem?
only if tubesock includes the same header. that header is meant as
a "sample" for plugin authoring, but it's not necessary for building a
plugin.
> BTW, I think browser integration is a key requirement for any flash
> player -- at least, all flash content I'm interested in is on the web.
> If no plugin is available today, is there any possibility of providing
> hooks for integration with plugger, for example?
what do you mean with that?
the plugin issue is being worked on, if you want to help have a look
at this message:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=869514&forum_id=9582
cheers,
--
Robert Millan
"5 years from now everyone will be running
free GNU on their 200 MIPS, 64M SPARCstation-5"
Andrew S. Tanenbaum, 30 Jan 1992
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