[helix-maintainers] Bug#340721: helix-player points to non-free software

[Daniel Baumann]

W. Borgert wrote:
> Maybe my report was not well-worded: The bug of helix-player is
> not the fact that it does not support some movie format. The bug
> is that it points to a download site and promotes download of a
> non-free software.  All this without even a notice, that we
> (Debian) have nothing to do with that software nor can do
> security support.  Sorry, if the original report was confusing.

If you click on a flash animated banner in firefox, and press 'search
for plugins', the non-free macromedia flash plugin will be installed.

Actually, I don't see a problem here, especiall because one have to
click on a button before anything happens.

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