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Flash EULA Doesn't Fit the Times
cphoenix writes "The latest Flash player license seems to forbid downloading their player onto a laptop. From the License: "you may not use the Software on any non-PC product or any embedded or device versions of the above operating systems, including, but not limited to, mobile devices, internet appliances, set top boxes (STB), handhelds, PDAs, phones, web pads, tablets, game consoles, TVs, DVDs, gaming machines, home automation systems, kiosks or any other consumer electronics devices or mobile/cable/satellite/television or closed system based service." This comes at a time when laptops are outselling desktops. And to add insult to injury, "You agree that Macromedia may audit your use of the Software ... In the event that such audit reveals any use of the Software by you other than in full compliance with the terms of this Agreement, you shall reimburse Macromedia for all reasonable expenses related to such audit."
Hello! New business model!
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A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
well why did they even make a version for my g5 If it's illegal to run it on non-PCs.
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You can install the player on laptops.
mike chambers
mesh@macromedia.com
Great, I never wanted to install Flash, and finally that's just what is required by the EULA.
I'm scuttlemonkey and so is my wife!
When they came for the communists, I said "He's next door. Take him away. Goddam commies."
So i guess the sad ending to this story is that 1. Someone took the time to read the EULA amd 2. Read that much into it.
I guess I can keep the Flash player for my Timex/Sinclair then?
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I say it all hinges on the definition of the word "Is"
VLC FOR MAC IS DYING! IF YOU DEVELOP, PLEASE SAVE IT!!
Now, if only they would forbid using it on desktop PC's, the world would be a better place.
sco unix is excluded, yay.
...and the oppressive 'spell check'.
You must be new here!
Aaaarrrrghhh! I couldn't resist...
Anyway, I think you're right. Meaningful discussion is why I read Slashdot -- even in spite of the losers like myself. The article certainly does highlight many EULA issues.
I can't use the new Flash Player? No more bandwidth-hogging Absolute Vodka ads and badly written Web games?
I might as well give up my Internet connection.
you're telling me a can't run Flash on a tylenol?
Thanks Macromedia...
Someone actually read the EULA?
why is this funny?
Why does my post history abruptly stop? I want to laugh at the stupid things I posted as a kid.
I wasn't aware that Win32 applications running under Wine that require Flash could magically invoke the Linux Flash binary.
Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris.
Whoa, the flash EULA gives them the right to beat you and sexually assault you? Thats really taking DRM to the next level; I fully expect the RIAA to reintroduce indentured servitude after this bold move on the part of Macromedia.
What he can't kill, he has sex on. Trent.
The RIAA already has indentured servitude, but they call it a 'recording contract'
Probably much the same as most people feel about wine. Sure, it gets better after it ages a looooooong time, but it's still little more than rotting fruit juice.
The world according to SComps
It's called the "analog hole"...
I suffer from attention surplus disorder.
Just like I could insist on having people hold my desktop machine in thier laps, thus making it a laptop.
Stupid names, really.
For large sets, this will be our guide even unto death, for the LORD will work for each type of data it is applied to...