[coreboot] How come the community meeting is hosted by proprietary software?

mdn bernardlprf at openmailbox.org
Wed Mar 15 15:03:21 CET 2017


I just found out that there's ring if anyone wants to try that.
https://ring.cx/

Le 14/03/2017 08:33, Paul Menzel via coreboot a écrit :
> Dear Taiidan,
> 
> 
> Am Dienstag, den 14.03.2017, 00:36 -0400 schrieb Taiidan at gmx.com:
>> Discord is proprietary software, why don't we use something free and 
>> open source?
> 
> 1. Discord is not used anymore. Where did you find this outdated
> information?
> 
> 2. As there were a lot of problems with the connection quality with
> Discord, a different solution was needed. Currently, BlueJeans is used
> [1], which is also proprietary, and it works quite well.
> 
> There should also be some information in the minutes [2].
> 
>> I would be more than pleased to set up a SIP server or something to that 
>> effect (I have only 10mbps upload but I know folks who will give me a 
>> VPS if I want one).
>> There are plenty of FOSS softphones for every OS and you can also use a 
>> desktop VoIP phone so it would be more convenient.
> 
> The main requirement is, that it is usable from within a browser, and
> all major operating systems and browsers are supported, for example
> with WebRTC, so that people aren’t forced to install anything.
> BlueJeans also allows to phone in from outside.
> 
> If you have a free solution, that works and let’s the community meeting
> to work without any issues, *and* you can set it up, I guess we will
> find some volunteers to test it out. If that works, a switch can be
> discussed.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> [1] https://bluejeans.com/616384323
> [2] https://coreboot-meeting.pads.ccc.de/CommunityMeetingTopics?
> 
> 
> 


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