Adobe reader (was: Re: [RPM Fusion] Update of "Wishlist" by ChristophKarl)

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Friday, 26 October 2007 at 07:17, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> On 25.10.2007 19:57, RPM Fusion Wiki wrote:
> > 
> > The following page has been changed by ChristophKarl:
> > http://rpmfusion.org/Wishlist?action=diff&rev1=12&rev2=13
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >   Place your current requests here. 
> >   {{{
> > +   Request: Acrobat Reader
> > +   Summary: Viewing PDF Files.
> > +   URL: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html
> > +   Grounds for inclusion: For complicated documents Acrobat Reader produces better results
> > + 
> 
> As much as I would like a sane Adobe reader RPM in rpmfusion, it's not
> possible afaics. From
> http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/distribute.html
> """
> Note: Third-party websites must link directly to Adobe.com for the
> download of Adobe Reader software. Hosting the software independently is
> not permitted.
> """
> 
> IOW: we can ship that without breaking licenses, thus we won't ship it.
> Same for flash-player afaik.

We could provide nosrc.rpms like jpackage does, but we can think about it
later.

Regards,
R.

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