Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-04-01 Thread Greg Morgan
On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > I find this a really worthwhile conversation to have. IRC is still great > for some but it’s hardly inclusive. I like Slack and started using it early > on. We set up an OSM US Slack, initially just for the board to coordinate, > but we

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-31 Thread Serge Wroclawski
Michal, The client code is proprietary, and the browser is just a platform from which to execute the code. It's similar to running Skype's proprietary binary on Debian. Running a proprietary application on a Free operating system does not change the freedom of the application. -Serge

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-30 Thread Serge Wroclawski
Martijn, I think your approach on this issue is spot on. I personally think that when a project like OSM supports non-Free software, especially ones run by external entities, it sends absolutely the wrong message. Worse still is if we force users to use these gatekeepers to interface with our

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-30 Thread Rihards
On 2016.03.30. 10:40, Shawn K. Quinn wrote: On Wed, 2016-03-30 at 10:36 +0300, Rihards wrote: this might be a bit of a clash of "why are we mapping" reasons. for some people means are not important. for others, osm is one bit in a more open, collaborating world. osm using slack is like

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-30 Thread Shawn K. Quinn
On Wed, 2016-03-30 at 10:36 +0300, Rihards wrote: > this might be a bit of a clash of "why are we mapping" reasons. > for some people means are not important. > for others, osm is one bit in a more open, collaborating world. > > osm using slack is like wikipedia using google maps. because they

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-30 Thread Rihards
On 2016.03.30. 10:31, Shawn K. Quinn wrote: On Sun, 2016-03-27 at 00:07 -0700, Steve Coast wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slack_(software) And on this page: License Proprietary Until and unless there is an alternative client that is free software (ideally GPL licensed, but BSD/MIT

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-30 Thread Shawn K. Quinn
On Sun, 2016-03-27 at 00:07 -0700, Steve Coast wrote: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slack_(software) And on this page: > License Proprietary Until and unless there is an alternative client that is free software (ideally GPL licensed, but BSD/MIT licensed would also be okay), I would prefer

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-30 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Martijn van Exel wrote: > The web site has always been about the map primarily, > not the people. I am curious if there are any ideas out > there to change that. Groups! cheers Richard -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/Slack-tp5870718p5870933.html Sent from

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-29 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Dave F wrote: > > On 29/03/2016 21:20, Tom Hughes wrote: > >> On 29/03/16 20:52, Martijn van Exel wrote: >> >> I find this a really worthwhile conversation to have. IRC is still great >>> for some but it’s hardly inclusive. >>> >> >>

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-29 Thread Bill Ricker
On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 3:52 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > IRC is still great for some but it’s hardly inclusive. ​Some projects have a web-portal to make IRC inclusive of those who can't even configure Pipsin for IRC. -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-29 Thread Martijn van Exel
I find this a really worthwhile conversation to have. IRC is still great for some but it’s hardly inclusive. I like Slack and started using it early on. We set up an OSM US Slack, initially just for the board to coordinate, but we extended it to be open for all soon. They even give us free

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-29 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 03/29/2016 07:33 PM, Luis Villa wrote: > +1 to this. OSM should be seeking to broaden the base of potential > mappers, and that means making sure that gateways to the community are > user-friendly - which these days includes good UX/onboarding experience > and mobile apps. Slack is a clear

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-29 Thread Luis Villa
On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 10:25 AM Bill Ricker wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Ian Dees wrote: > >> Slack offers an irc gateway if you'd prefer to connect to slack from your >> irc client. Just sign up for the slack team and look in the

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-29 Thread Bill Ricker
On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Ian Dees wrote: > Slack offers an irc gateway if you'd prefer to connect to slack from your > irc client. Just sign up for the slack team and look in the "integrations" > section for information about how to connect your irc client. > ​Our

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-29 Thread Ian Dees
Slack offers an irc gateway if you'd prefer to connect to slack from your irc client. Just sign up for the slack team and look in the "integrations" section for information about how to connect your irc client. On Mar 29, 2016 11:33 AM, "Toby Murray" wrote: > I have set up

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-29 Thread Toby Murray
I have set up a Slack bot using some software[1] that relays messages between a slack channel and an IRC channel. It is listening in #osm on OFTC and the #irc slack channel in Steve's team. I love my irssi+screen IRC setup however it kind of breaks down when it comes to a phone-friendly

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

2016-03-27 Thread Steve Coast
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slack_(software) > On Mar 27, 2016, at 12:02 AM, Maarten Deen wrote: > > On 2016-03-26 20:59, Steve Coast wrote: >> Ok so look, Slack took over the world. And it turns out it’s pretty >> good and