[opensuse-packaging] FoxitReader (non free)
Hello, following up on the discussion about the removal of acroread for openSUSE 13.1, I tried to package the FoxitReader PDF viewer here: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:endzone/FoxitReader (publishing is diabled) The reason for doing this is that Foxitreader provides some of the advanced GUI printing functionality that acroread also provided, but OSS PDF viewers are missing currently (due to KDE printing not moving forward). I have some questions about the redistribution license from here: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_rla.htm Will this allow me to build the package on OBS? The Linux version of FoxitReader has not been updated since 2009, so I dont know if it is currently vulnerable to any security issues... Best regards, J Brauchle
El 09/11/13 20:49, Joschi Brauchle escribió:
Hello,
following up on the discussion about the removal of acroread for openSUSE 13.1, I tried to package the FoxitReader PDF viewer here: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:endzone/FoxitReader (publishing is diabled)
The reason for doing this is that Foxitreader provides some of the advanced GUI printing functionality that acroread also provided, but OSS PDF viewers are missing currently (due to KDE printing not moving forward).
I have some questions about the redistribution license from here: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_rla.htm Will this allow me to build the package on OBS?
The Linux version of FoxitReader has not been updated since 2009, so I dont know if it is currently vulnerable to any security issues...
Best regards, J Brauchle
"Redistributor should not redistribute any version of Reader to general public, via any media, without prior written authorization from Foxit." openSUSE == Redistributor, "any media" == OBS (remove it from your home project) Not a solution to any problem. -- "Judging by their response, the meanest thing you can do to people on the Internet is to give them really good software for free". - Anil Dash -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org
Yes, I read and understood that part, thus I disabled build publishing after I was done with the spec file. The point is that there is a possibility for openSUSE to acquire permission to redistribute! Personally, I was just trying to see of FoxitReader runs well in 13.1 and provides the printing features I liked in Acrobat. As this is the case, I do not have a problem of removing the package from OBS and build it locally. But if there is public interest and in case someone gets permission to redistribute, I can provide the current package as a start. If not, I'll remove it soon. Best regards, J Brauchle
On 09.11.2013, at 17:41, "Cristian Rodríguez" <crrodriguez@opensuse.org> wrote:
El 09/11/13 20:49, Joschi Brauchle escribió:
Hello,
following up on the discussion about the removal of acroread for openSUSE 13.1, I tried to package the FoxitReader PDF viewer here: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:endzone/FoxitReader (publishing is diabled)
The reason for doing this is that Foxitreader provides some of the advanced GUI printing functionality that acroread also provided, but OSS PDF viewers are missing currently (due to KDE printing not moving forward).
I have some questions about the redistribution license from here: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_rla.htm Will this allow me to build the package on OBS?
The Linux version of FoxitReader has not been updated since 2009, so I dont know if it is currently vulnerable to any security issues...
Best regards, J Brauchle
"Redistributor should not redistribute any version of Reader to general public, via any media, without prior written authorization from Foxit."
openSUSE == Redistributor, "any media" == OBS (remove it from your home project)
Not a solution to any problem.
-- "Judging by their response, the meanest thing you can do to people on the Internet is to give them really good software for free". - Anil Dash -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org
El 10/11/13 00:26, Joschi Brauchle escribió:
Yes, I read and understood that part, thus I disabled build publishing after I was done with the spec file.
The point is that there is a possibility for openSUSE to acquire permission to redistribute!
Why should openSUSE acquire permission to distribute something that has not been updated since 2009 ? -- "Judging by their response, the meanest thing you can do to people on the Internet is to give them really good software for free". - Anil Dash -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org
Well, the mere fact that it was not updated since 2009 is not a problem. There are many other tools in OpenSUSE or on OBS that do not experience changes or updates for a couple of years because they simply work fine and without security problems! Also it is not immediately obvious that the age of Foxit cause the same security issues as Adobe officially abandoning support for its Reader. On the other hand, FoxittReader does provide parts of the functionally that is lost due to the drop of acroread. That is the reason I mentioned it as a possible alternative. But I will take it off OBS and have it for personal use. No problem at all! ;-) I also do understand that including an aged, non-free alternative for a dropped non-free software is not the best/preferred way to move forward! But for the average user, FoxitReader could bridge the gap until a functionally equivalent open source PDF viewer becomes available. That was the reason this post... Best regards, J Brauchle
On 09.11.2013, at 19:34, "Cristian Rodríguez" <crrodriguez@opensuse.org> wrote:
El 10/11/13 00:26, Joschi Brauchle escribió:
Yes, I read and understood that part, thus I disabled build publishing after I was done with the spec file.
The point is that there is a possibility for openSUSE to acquire permission to redistribute!
Why should openSUSE acquire permission to distribute something that has not been updated since 2009 ?
-- "Judging by their response, the meanest thing you can do to people on the Internet is to give them really good software for free". - Anil Dash -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org
El 10/11/13 00:57, Joschi Brauchle escribió:
Well, the mere fact that it was not updated since 2009 is not a problem. There are many other tools in OpenSUSE or on OBS that do not experience changes or updates for a couple of years because they simply work fine and without security problems!
That's not true, old dormant packages usually require attention in order to keep them at least building due to the changes of the underlying system, others are dropped when they fail for long time and nobody steps up to maintain them. -- "Judging by their response, the meanest thing you can do to people on the Internet is to give them really good software for free". - Anil Dash -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org
Am Samstag, 9. November 2013, 15:49:59 schrieb Joschi Brauchle:
following up on the discussion about the removal of acroread for openSUSE 13.1,
...huh? What did I miss? Cheers, MH -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org
El 09/11/13 22:50, Mathias Homann escribió:
...huh? What did I miss?
Just the facts: acrobat reader was dropped from future products because adobe has abandoned support for the linux version. -- "Judging by their response, the meanest thing you can do to people on the Internet is to give them really good software for free". - Anil Dash -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org
Am Sonntag, 10. November 2013, 00:11:41 schrieb Cristian Rodríguez:
El 09/11/13 22:50, Mathias Homann escribió:
...huh? What did I miss?
Just the facts: acrobat reader was dropped from future products because adobe has abandoned support for the linux version.
...the hell? First air, then flash, now acroread, did they fire their one linux developer? So what is one supposed to use now, okular, evince? Cheers, MH -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org
@Mathias: we already had over a hundred mails on what will be the future @Joschi: would you mind sharing the .spec file :-) 2013/11/10 Mathias Homann <Mathias.Homann@opensuse.org>:
Am Sonntag, 10. November 2013, 00:11:41 schrieb Cristian Rodríguez:
El 09/11/13 22:50, Mathias Homann escribió:
...huh? What did I miss?
Just the facts: acrobat reader was dropped from future products because adobe has abandoned support for the linux version.
...the hell? First air, then flash, now acroread, did they fire their one linux developer?
So what is one supposed to use now, okular, evince?
Cheers, MH
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El 10/11/13 09:20, Mathias Homann escribió:
...the hell?
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ that's it. adobe is a for-profit corporation, things that do not make money are going to be retired sooner or later.
So what is one supposed to use now, okular, evince?
Yes. -- "Judging by their response, the meanest thing you can do to people on the Internet is to give them really good software for free". - Anil Dash -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org
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