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=WARNING=

Adobe Flash must be avoided.

* see [https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-05.html Adobe Security Bulletin APSA15-05] for a critical remote control vulnerability. No update will be available for XO-1, XO-1.75 or XO-4 laptops.

* see [https://theconversation.com/using-flash-is-like-leaving-your-home-doors-open-and-sending-invites-to-criminals-44741 Using Flash is like leaving your home doors open and sending invites to criminals] by David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice at University of Western Australia.


=LICENSE WARNING=


Adobe Flash has a proprietary license which prevents redistribution.
Adobe Flash has a proprietary license which prevents redistribution.
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Just add <code>adobe_flash</code> to the modules list.
Just add <code>adobe_flash</code> to your modules list:

cat <<EOF >> your.ini
[adobe_flash]
EOF

While Flash is available as a standard Fedora RPM distributed by Adobe, it breaks the rules of packaging. This means that it requires special support from this module.

See [http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/olpc-os-builder/plain/modules/adobe_flash/README modules/adobe_flash/README] in OS Builder for documentation.


See also [[Adobe Flash]] and especially the lack of support for XO-1.
While Flash is available as a standard Fedora RPM distributed by Adobe, it breaks the rules of packaging. This means that it requires speciall support from this module.

Latest revision as of 02:23, 19 October 2015

SECURITY WARNINGS

Adobe Flash must be avoided.


LICENSE WARNING

Adobe Flash has a proprietary license which prevents redistribution. It will be in violation of the license to distribute your resultant build unless you have received special permission from Adobe.

You can request such permission on the Adobe website.

Add it

Just add adobe_flash to your modules list:

cat <<EOF >> your.ini
[adobe_flash]
EOF

While Flash is available as a standard Fedora RPM distributed by Adobe, it breaks the rules of packaging. This means that it requires special support from this module.

See modules/adobe_flash/README in OS Builder for documentation.

See also Adobe Flash and especially the lack of support for XO-1.