On January 15, 2015 1:20:22 PM EET, Cathal Garvey <[email protected]> wrote: >If the server code were open, how would you know the server was >actually >running that code anyway? Having the protocol documented so thoroughly >makes the task of writing an alternative server trivial if >time-consuming. I'd obviously prefer the server were AGPL, and I hope >someone will write an AGPL'd server and federation. > >For now though, the client is open source, the crypto doesn't suck, the > >UX is excellent, and the threat model is pretty transparent. I'm >*never* >going to inflict PGP on friends, but I'll happily inflict this on them.
Since this is mostly for synchronous communication, you can inflict jabber+otr, which has all the benefits you mention above.
