Could you add a link to the Skype Replacement LibrePlanet Wiki page on the FSF High-Priority project page?
Also, that page should probably mention Lightspark where it talks about Gnash. On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:56 PM, John Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > Ramana Kumar <[email protected]> writes: > >> Also I'm not sure why it's LGPL rather than GPL... >> > > Good question, I don't know the answer. > >> >>> >>> Ekiga should in theory work for video calls, and use Ogg Theora, and I >>> have had some luck with it when talking to another GNU/Linux user. But >>> cross-platform attempts have failed. >>> >>> For just audio calls, at the FSF we tend to use Twinkle. >>> >> >> Thanks for the info. >> Where do you guys tend to get your SIP/XMPP addresses from? >> Put the answer on the Wiki actually. >> > > We run our own asterisk server and ejabberd. (Not much interesting there > to put on the wiki I don't think). > >> >>> >>> GNU Telephony is promising, and people can support it at >>> https://my.fsf.org/donate/working-together/telephony/. >>> >> >> What exactly is the aim there? Apart from donating how can we support? >> What's the timeline for success? >> > > The aim is to provide decentralized secure voice and video > communication. > > I'm sure they would welcome hacker support as well as funding, and > questions about the future of the project would be best addressed to the > maintainers / development list. > >> >>> >>> For all the ideas in this thread, I started a placeholder at >>> http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Skype_Replacement -- I hope people can >>> help populate that and organize the way forward. We have those wiki >>> pages for other High Priority Projects (you can see them in the >>> category), not sure why we didn't have a Skype one yet. An assessment of >>> the existing options would be a great start for the page. >>> >> >> Thanks a lot John for starting this page! I hope it becomes a rich >> resource. I have started filling in more details already. Join me, all :) >> > > Thanks for getting it rolling! > > -john > > -- > John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation > GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://identi.ca/johnsu01 | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS > > Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at > <http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=8096>.
