On 2014-10-14 08:49, Sebastiaan Lokhorst wrote: > 2014-10-14 8:40 GMT+02:00 Doug Newgard <scimmia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 08:28:46 +0200 > > Sebastiaan Lokhorst <sebastiaanlokhorst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > 2014-10-14 8:13 GMT+02:00 Hugo Osvaldo Barrera <hugo@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > > > There would be little point in getting it to work with Chromium > > > > anyway. Why would you care if you're using an open source browser > > > > if you're gonna add a propietary DRM plugin onto it? > > > > Just pick Chrome and avoid the hastle. That is, after all, what > > > > Chrome is: Chromium + propietary addons (+ some rebranding). > > > > > > > > > > A proprietary plugin can be sandboxed, to be sure it doesn't do > > > anything it's not supposed to do. That's at least the idea that the > > > Firefox people want to implement. > > > > > > Besides that, just using Chrome is indeed the easiest solution right > > > now. The only problem is that it is not in the official Arch > > > repositories, leading to more hassle. > > > > > > Would it be possible to move it there from the AUR? We have lots of > > > closed-source software in the official repositories, and I think > > > Chrome (with EME and Flash Player built in!) would be very useful for > > > people. We already have the old NPAPI Flash Player, so I don't see > > > why this would be a problem. > > > > > > Sebastiaan > > > > I believe the closed source portions are non-redistributable. > > > > Unfortunately, you seem to be right... > From https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/privacy/eula_text.html : > > "5.3 Unless you have been specifically permitted to do so in a separate > agreement with Google, you agree that you will not reproduce, duplicate, > copy, sell, trade or resell the Services for any purpose." > > Thanks for the quick reply anyway! :) > Sebastiaan If you're really interested in doing so, you may ask google for permission. This has already been done for skype [0]. Cheers, [0]: https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/tree/trunk/PERMISSION?h=packages/skype -- Hugo Osvaldo Barrera A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right. Q: Why should I start my reply below the quoted text?
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