Subject: No Flash To Me
From: Flash_Sender@Microsoft_Addict
Sender: Flash_Sender@Microsoft_Addict

I append http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_flash_to_me.txt

Hi,
Thanks for your reference to a website, 
but that site was burdened by requiring Flash, so was Not read.

Flash requires a browser to install & run proprietary binary code
from Adobe who refuse to make their source code public. Flash is
thus not trusted as it cannot be inspected.  Even though they now
also offer a few versions for Linux, & 1 for Solaris, there's still
none for BSD http://berklix.com/~jhs/bsd/ or other OSs & one still
can't check flash code, or compile for other versions of OSs & CPUs.

Flash can run on Linux as a binary), (so also on BSD with Linux emulation),
    http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/desktop-browsers.html
But it would open up the can of worms above, + I have no wish to
waste time keeping various computers aligned with compatible releases
of flash, emulator, OS, 32/64 & CPU types & tricks, & encapsulating
the mess in a security sandbox, just because the Flash vendor
refuses to publish sources.  So sites that force flash are not read.

Free Software:  	http://www.berklix.com/free/
Consultancy:    	http://www.berklix.com
For Webmasters:		http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_flash_server.txt

Extract from http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Resources/CdNotice 2011_08_23:
  Some web pages include Flash files that can play only with the
  non-free program Flash Player.  This program is gratis, but it
  is not free in the sense of freedom, and it contains known features
  to restrict and track users.  It is important not to install that
  program.  The free GNASH player will work for sites that use Flash
  version 8; if a site uses a later Flash version, contact its
  operators and urge them politely but firmly to move back to Flash
  8 for better compatibility.  Or they can advance to HTML5.

FreeBSD /usr/ports/graphics/gnash/		Free flash player from FSF
FreeBSD /usr/ports/graphics/gnash-devel/	Free flash player from FSF

BBC are planning (at 2011-12) to offer HTML-5 but it will take a while yet.
	http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/7277283.stm#html5