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

[Giulio Prisco]

Then we are back to square one: "There is NO completely free (in the
FSF sense) AND USABLE software solution."

I capitalized AND USABLE because it is the most important practical
consideration, and this is a practical case: you need to see, hear and
text other participants, without needing a week to set the system up,
and without having to reboot every five minutes.

By the way, there is a version of the OpenQwaq client that runs on
Linux, but it is still very much work in progress. I hope there will
be a stable Linux client by the end of 2012.

2011/12/29 Rok Andrée <rok.andree at piratskastranka.net>:
> Great offer but you need a linux client as most delegates are runing
> gnu/linux.
>
> That's not because we are software zelots but because we use gnu/linux and
> installing flash is one thing, buying windows and reinstalling a whole
> computer... is a bit much. (most dont use gnu/linux "just cuz it's free" ..
> actually ubuntu (and mint as well i belive) is not even free in the RMS
> sense [rms does not aprove of Ubuntu]).
>
>
> Lp
> Rok Andrée
> Piratska stranka Slovenije - Slovenian Pirate Party
>
>
>
> On 29 December 2011 16:41, Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I also wish to thank Wolfgang for his hard work and constructive
>> effort. Of course, criticizing the work of other is much easier than
>> offering a solution.
>>
>> Listen, I have done this for a living for many years, and I know these
>> things fairly well. There is NO completely free (in the FSF sense) AND
>> USABLE software solution to permit remote access to a conference to
>> many participants from different locations, with streaming video,
>> audio and text messaging.
>>
>> I could offer a solution based on OpenQwaq
>> http://telexlr8networks.wordpress.com/openqwaq/, which in my opinion
>> is by far the best technology for this and is open source (GNU GPL
>> v2), but the client does not run on Linux yet, so it would not satisfy
>> free software zealots, and I prefer saving my time and yours.
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Gregory Engels
>> <Gregory.Engels at piratenpartei-hessen.de> wrote:
>> >
>> > On 29.12.2011, at 09:00, Wolfgang Preiss wrote:
>> >
>> >> My goal was to present a solution to the organisation team/PPI Board,
>> >> which could be used. However it does not make sense to provide a solution
>> >> which is already rejected by the potential users in the first place.
>> >
>> >
>> > Wolfgang, I also would like to take the opportunity to thank you
>> > wholeheartedly for the great service to the pirate community that you are
>> > doing!
>> >
>> >
>> > Gregory Engels
>> > International Coordinator
>> > Pirate Party of Germany
>> >
>> > mobile: +49 172 853 44 91
>> > skype:gregory.engels
>> > jabber:dichter at jabber.piratenpartei.de
>> > my free time: https://tungle.me/dichter
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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