ChatB is P2P because of the nature of webrtc. http://r-w-x.org/?p=chatb.git;a=summary < this is the git repo for it.
http://r-w-x.org/?p=chatb.git;a=blob;f=LICENSE;h=94a9ed024d3859793618152ea559a168bbcbb5e2;hb=HEAD < it's a GPL license. -- James Gifford IRC: jrgifford on freenode On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> wrote: > On 14-01-04 11:44 AM, José Antonio Rey wrote: > > Why don't we try using G+ Hangouts? I know it may not be an open source > > platform, but it has all the tools we may need, and, to be honest, I > > haven't seen an open source solution that meets the same specs. > > Precisely because it's not Free Software, requires additional (non-free) > software to be loaded as a browser plugin, requires a Google account to > participate, and everything is piped through (and stored by) Google > servers. > > https://chatb.org may not be Free Software either (I haven't been able > to find a license or who provides the service[1]), but it gives the same > functionality as Google Hangouts without the additional plugins or > registrations. The launch page appears to access a TURN server, which > would make it peer-to-peer (so no routing or storage through other > servers). > > Svetlana and I tried out https://chatb.org and I was amazed with its > simplicity and ease-of-use. The quality of both sound and video was > good, until my limited bandwidth created some lag, and then we switched > to audio-only. I launched a third session on another computer, which did > not appear to support peer-to-peer. > > Even if https://chatb.org is not Free Software or P2P it still beats > Google with no registration or plugins required. > > There's a growing backlash against closed silos, "services" that turn > user demographics into corporate profits, and snooping, spying, > privacy-invasive services in general. Google and Facebook are the main > perpetrators; Twitter to a lesser extent. Canonical is also sliding down > that slippery slope. > > --Bob. > > [1] > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autonomous-discuss/2013-08/msg00003.html > > > > > On 01/04/2014 11:35 AM, Ron Swift wrote: > >> Mon, Jan 6 at 3 or 4 pm EST would work. > >> Thanks > >> > >> Svetlana Belkin <barsook...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> > >> On 01/04/2014 09:45 AM, Ron Swift wrote: > >> > >> I would like to be included in your test virtual meeting setup > >> on behalf > >> of the ubuntu-maryland group. > >> > >> > >> Okay, thank you. I'll set up a Doodle poll in two days, is there > any > >> times and dates that you want? > >> > >> Svetlana Belkin > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > >> > >> > > > > > -- > loco-contacts mailing list > loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts > >
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