[pp.int.general] PPI GA Prague / Video Conference System for remote delegates

[Wolfgang Preiss]

Am 28.12.2011 04:54, schrieb Richard Stallman:
> Don't some Pirate Parties oppose the use of data formats that restrict
> users or impose proprietary technology?  A principled organization
> needs to avoid using the methods it campaigns to put an end to.
>
> What alternative is there?  The most obvious alternative is -- no
> streaming.  Make recordings, and post them later in Ogg formats or
> Webm.  Chat using IRC.  All this is easy to do.  So don't I have not
> offered you an alternative.
We had this discussion already one year ago, I am a proud owner of the 
certificate "Bashed by Stallman"

I am surprized what methods you are suggesting - "do it my way or don't 
do it at all" - and that is not what I am doing. I am working on a 
system that tries to suit most people, even you. So I already explained, 
that you can follow the stream (we are not talking of the video 
conference system yet) using vlc and the rtsp stream option, without the 
need to use proprietary technology on your own machine. But I guess that 
is not enough for you. There must not be any other alternative than ogg, 
there must not be a support for flash uers, users who have no idea about 
free software, and just use a computer "out of the box" as they get it 
in the store, equipped with the lates windows version. However this goes 
against my personal idea of political transparancy.

This means to lower the burden to gain information to the lowest 
possible. And this leads to provide a system which is usuable for anyone 
who owns an internet connection and a computer.
If your principals do not allow to watch the stream (I have no idea it 
there is a free player supporting RTSP) I guess you have to wait until 
someone takes the recording, converts it to ogg and supports it on a FTP 
system which only runs with free software.

Once again: Livestreaming and video conference system are 2 different 
things.

Oh I am also using thunderbird. Do your principals allow to even read 
this message? - and yes this question is meant seriously.

Wolfgang