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

[Rok Andrée]

I agree and have been point this out the usability of the software is the
most important consideration.

But needing windows is a big hit for usability as most delegates will have
a hard time gaining access to a legal windows system. It's also bad PR
(most people have no idea what all this free buissnes is but understand the
difference between windows and linux). But it's not a deail breaker if the
software is otherwise substantualy better or even the only solution.
Lp
Rok Andrée
Piratska stranka Slovenije - Slovenian Pirate Party



On 29 December 2011 17:13, Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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