Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Msavoritias]

   My only issues is not the two that you mention. We have also:
   1. No coherent Standard so everybody can have the same features.
   2. Not a lot of Clients.
   3. Not a lot of Clients that look decent.
   4. No communities.
   5. No threading.
   6. No Voice rooms like Discord.
   These are just some of the problems that I have. As I explained above
   Matrix is for groups mostly. And it is much more welcoming to newcomers
   than IRC or XMPP. or even Mailing lists for that matter.
   Well FSF has Wire as a high priority project. WHich is a straight for
   Profit Company unlike Matrix.
   Also I didn't know FSF was against companies. Their latest article is
   that being FLOSS doesn't mean no Companies.
   [1]https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Collection:High_Priority_Projects
   But you can already get involved in Matrix and developing the Spec.
   Isn't that what you mean?
   Well the IRC that we currently using has not encryption. So what
   exactly are comparing here?
   MSavoritias

   On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 10:43, Adonay Felipe Nogueira via
   libreplanet-discuss  wrote:

   Em 31/07/2020 16:20, Adrien Bourmault (neox on freenode) escreveu:

 Matrix is a badly designed protocol (especially the s2s part) and is

   Interesting, I wonder if there are references to that.

 The XSF point of view is different from the Matrix/Vector one : the
 XSF is a non profit foundation, in the tracks of IETF. They made a
 protocol in the hope that it will be useful and that's it. You can't
 say the same for Vector.

   Good point. On a not so similar subject, this seems to align with the
   arguments presented by Software Freedom Conservancy (SFConservancy) in
   regards to copyleft enforcement (almost all of their talks, including
   the recorded ones, present this "who best enforces copyleft?" paradigm,
   and all results in either individual copyright holders or these signing
   their contributions to one of FSF-and-sisters, SFConservancy or
   Software Freedom Law Center, and avoiding non-disclosure agreements,
   trade secrets and contributor license agreements).

 of both Conversations and ChatSecure are always in touch, and are
 XSF members. There are many forks of both, and it provides
 additionnal

   Indeed, in open standards, people and projects being members of the
   standards committees/workgroups is a very important thing, specially if
   many are in favor of free/libre software or if the group itself has
   that commitment or is a non-profit, preferably a charity.

 On mobile, there is only one functionnal Matrix client : Element.
 And it advocates for non free software, especially Google one.

   The references in my previous replies to this topic also agree with
   you. :)

 Have you ever read RMS ? Or listen to him ? Everyone should care
 about privacy, everyone should encrypt his communications. XMPP's
 modern encryption (known as OMEMO) is way more secure than
 Olm/Megolm (because it seems Vector thought that forward secrecy was
 an anti-feature lol).

   That is scary indeed.

 beautiful. Free software is about freedom, not popularity

   And with this I contribute referencing to [1]. # References [1]:
   [2]https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html .
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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Msavoritias]

   Like what features are you missing in other clients?
   What do you mean Proprietary Software? Fluffy Chat is AGPL-3. Did you
   even search the clients I mentioned?
   Element is Apache-2. This is all Free Software.
   The encryption not being as good in Matrix it is known. And they are
   looking to upgrade it. See my previous message.
   But aside from that I see Matrix more as a IRC and Discord and Slack
   alternative. For groups.
   And what does it mean that Synapse is the most used now? Coversation is
   the most used Android Client.
   Does that mean that XMPP is not an open protocol and is only for
   Conversations?
   If you want to use Element they are open to changing the captca:
   [1]https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/3606
   If you don't want to like me there is fluffy chat which AGPL-3 and not
   Catpca.
   If you are talking about Desktop there are 6 clients to use one of them
   from Gnome.
   Plus even three terminal ones and one Emacs client.
   I have mentioned before the features:
   First a lot of clients which XMPP lacks.
   Second ease of use which XMPP lacks.
   Third stickers, threads, communities and other modern features that
   people expect for groups from Discord and the likes.
   Or Voice rooms even.
   Keep in mind that all of these and more are planned for Matrix. If you
   go through their github issues.
   MSavoritias

   On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 09:08, Adrien Bourmault (neox on Freenode)
wrote:

   Le 3 aot 2020 23:45:11 GMT+02:00, Msavoritias
   <[2]marinus.savorit...@disroot.org> a crit :

 Okay First of all I am going to say once more that I am not talking
 about Riot, Element or anything like that. I am talking about the
 protocol. Please read my messages.

   But you're telling us about XMPP on mobile. Have you a functionnal
   alternative to Conversations on Android that has the same features ?

 Third what I know is that Olm is based on Signal encryption. If you
 say that Singnal encryption is not that good then I am afraid our
 conversation ends here because it is clear you don't know what you
 are talking about. That is not to say OMEMO is not good.

   OMEMO is based on Signal encryption, known as Axolotl, and is audited
   by experts (see [3]https://conversations.im/omemo/). Then Olm and
   Megolm appeared, and Megolm is the most used in order to allow people
   to retrieve messages when changing their devices (so no forward
   secrecy).

 Also Element is functional. Like Conversations. Just like other
 clients like Fluffy Chat and Dillo.

   Proprietary software is antifeature.

 Also I am not talking about Synapse. There are other servers to
 choose from. And the higher usage comes at the cost of features
 which XMPP lacks. Personally I find that acceptable.

   But Synapse is the most used.

 What do you mean about advocating Google? The youtube widget?

   Recatpcha, is a best example.

 This is not about beauty or anything like that. It is about
 functionality and modern features that I have first hand experienced
 users caring about.

   Which features are you talking about ???

 MSavoritias On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 01:01, Adrien Bourmault (neox on
 Freenode) <[4]n...@os-k.eu> wrote:

 Matrix is a badly designed protocol (especially the s2s part) and is
 not more modern than XMPP. In computer science, be young is not
 always a quality for a protocol, and XMPP has proven many times it
 was evolutive and reliable. The XSF point of view is different from
 the Matrix/Vector one : the XSF is a non profit foundation, in the
 tracks of IETF. They made a protocol in the hope that it will be
 useful and that's it. You can't say the same for Vector. We
 shouldn't have that discussion since the company behind the Matrix
 protocol advocates for non free software, and open source when they
 want to be popular.

 If Conversations are the benchmark for how much behind XMPP is in >
 capabilities that a modern user wants, then I don't know if it can
 be > overcomed.

 I can't understand what do you mean. Conversations is developed by a
 very small team, practically one person, and you conclude that this
 app that evolves permanently has already shown all that could be
 shown ? Excuse me, but at this time there is no client for Matrix as
 functional as Conversations (since non free software usage or
 advocacy is for me an anti-feature worst than "lack of stickers")
 and XMPP server softwares like Ejabberd or Prosody are way more
 reliable and powerful than Synapse (which is subject to
 overconsumption I observed). It is clear that you like Matrix very
 well, but your arguments are wrong and subjective.

 In mobile at least there doesn't seem to be enough development
 outside > of Conversations.

 I can't agree. ChatSecure (for iOS) is a really active project and
 devs of both 

Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Msavoritias]

   How is Matri not Free Software though? Apache-2 is Free Software by the
   FSF.
   Also this review fails to mention how Matrix has been growing this year
   expotentially.
   [1]https://www.hello-matrix.net/public_servers.php
   There are already a lot of servers and growing. Gnome and purism and
   Kde have their own instances outside of this too.
   Also here is the list of at least 5 servers alternative to synapse.
   [2]https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now
   Plus Matrix is working on p2p. So you won't need a server.
   [3]https://matrix.org/blog/posts#dept-of-p2p-
   Also the encryption has been through security audits:
   [4]https://matrix.org/blog/2016/11/21/matrixs-olm-end-to-end-encryption
   -security-assessment-released-and-implemented-cross-platform-on-riot-at
   -last
   And they want to upgrade it:
   [5]https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/2458
   I'm not arguing that it is better than Omemo. But it is good encryption
   with future upgrades.
   I really don't get about Matrix not being Free Software though. Gnu
   Specifically says Apache 2 is Free Software.
   [6]https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#apache2
   If you mean the integrations somehow, that are optional then I ahve
   some news for you about Firefox.
   MSavoritias
   < /div>
   On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 20:07, Jean Louis  wrote:

   Mostly I am in agreement with Adrien. There is this review that I
   found, that you all may find it interesting:
   [7]https://wiki.404.city/en/XMPP_vs_Matrix For me XMPP does so many
   things, we create business with XMPP, we have all personnel within XMPP
   coordination, and we use our own servers and domains, and XMPP work
   well in worst network conditions as by the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
   in Uganda. Most important it is free software in terms as in freedom,
   we are free to distribute it, and we gain good communication, secure
   private network line without spying from third unknown parties. Jean
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   1. https://www.hello-matrix.net/public_servers.php
   2. https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now
   3. https://matrix.org/blog/posts#dept-of-p2p-
   4. 
https://matrix.org/blog/2016/11/21/matrixs-olm-end-to-end-encryption-security-assessment-released-and-implemented-cross-platform-on-riot-at-last
   5. https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/2458
   6. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#apache2
   7. https://wiki.404.city/en/XMPP_vs_Matrix
   8. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Adrien Bourmault (neox on Freenode)]

   Thanks for this link, this is clear !

   Le 3 août 2020 19:07:34 GMT+02:00, Jean Louis  a
   écrit :

Mostly I am in agreement with Adrien.
There is this review that I found, that you all may find it
interesting:
[1]https://wiki.404.city/en/XMPP_vs_Matrix
For me XMPP does so many things, we create business with XMPP, we have
all personnel within XMPP coordination, and we use our own servers and
domains, and XMPP work well in worst network conditions as by the
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda.
Most important it is free software in terms as in freedom, we are free
to distribute it, and we gain good communication, secure private
network line without spying from third unknown parties.
Jean

References

   1. https://wiki.404.city/en/XMPP_vs_Matrix
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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Adrien Bourmault (neox on Freenode)]

Le 3 août 2020 23:45:11 GMT+02:00, Msavoritias  
a écrit :
>Okay First of all I am going to say once more that I am not talking 
>about Riot, Element or anything like that. I am talking about the 
>protocol.
>Please read my messages.

But you're telling us about XMPP on mobile. Have you a functionnal alternative 
to Conversations on Android that has the same features ?


>Third what  I know is that Olm is based on Signal encryption. If you 
>say that Singnal encryption is not that good then I am afraid our 
>conversation ends here because it is clear you don't know what you are 
>talking about. That is not to say OMEMO is not good.
OMEMO is based on Signal encryption, known as Axolotl, and is audited by 
experts (see https://conversations.im/omemo/). Then Olm and Megolm appeared, 
and Megolm is the most used in order to allow people to retrieve messages when 
changing their devices (so no forward secrecy). 
>
>Also Element is functional. Like Conversations. Just like other clients 
>like Fluffy Chat and Dillo.
Proprietary software is antifeature.


>Also I am not talking about Synapse. There are other servers to choose 
>from. And the higher usage comes at the cost of features which XMPP 
>lacks. Personally I find that acceptable.
But Synapse is the most used.

>
>What do you mean about advocating Google? The youtube widget?
Recatpcha, is a best example.

>This is not about beauty or anything like that. It is about 
>functionality and modern features that I have first hand experienced 
>users caring about.
Which features are you talking about ???

>MSavoritias
>
>On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 01:01, Adrien Bourmault (neox on Freenode) 
> wrote:
>> Matrix is a badly designed protocol (especially the s2s part) and is 
>> not more modern than XMPP. In computer science, be young is not 
>> always a quality for a protocol, and XMPP has proven many times it 
>> was evolutive and reliable.
>> 
>> The XSF point of view is different from the Matrix/Vector one : the 
>> XSF is a non profit foundation, in the tracks of IETF. They made a 
>> protocol in the hope that it will be useful and that's it. You can't 
>> say the same for Vector.
>> 
>> We shouldn't have that discussion since the company behind the Matrix 
>> protocol advocates for non free software, and open source when they 
>> want to be popular.
>> 
>>>  If Conversations are the benchmark for how much behind XMPP is in > 
>>> capabilities that a modern user wants, then I don't know if it can 
>>> be > overcomed.
>> 
>> I can't understand what do you mean. Conversations is developed by a 
>> very small team, practically one person, and you conclude that this 
>> app that evolves permanently has already shown all that could be 
>> shown ? Excuse me, but at this time there is no client for Matrix as 
>> functional as Conversations (since non free software usage or 
>> advocacy is for me an anti-feature worst than "lack of stickers") and 
>> XMPP server softwares like Ejabberd or Prosody are way more reliable 
>> and powerful than Synapse (which is subject to overconsumption I 
>> observed).
>> 
>> It is clear that you like Matrix very well, but your arguments are 
>> wrong and subjective.
>> 
>>>  In mobile at least there doesn't seem to be enough development 
>>> outside > of Conversations.
>> 
>> I can't agree. ChatSecure (for iOS) is a really active project and 
>> devs of both Conversations and ChatSecure are always in touch, and 
>> are XSF members. There are many forks of both, and it provides 
>> additionnal choices for people.
>> 
>> On mobile, there is only one functionnal Matrix client : Element. And 
>> it advocates for non free software, especially Google one.
>> 
>>>  I know it is pretty popular with privacy folks though. So maybe it 
>>> finds some use there.
>> 
>> Have you ever read RMS ? Or listen to him ? Everyone should care 
>> about privacy, everyone should encrypt his communications. XMPP's 
>> modern encryption (known as OMEMO) is way more secure than Olm/Megolm 
>> (because it seems Vector thought that forward secrecy was an 
>> anti-feature lol).
>> 
>> Do you think the FSF should advocate for that? With all the problems 
>> that Vector has, it would be a treason for people who trust the FSF.
>> 
>> I can understand you like Element because it has stickers and it is 
>> beautiful. This is the same with other software that are unethical 
>> but beautiful. Free software is about freedom, not popularity
>> 
>> Librement,
>> 
>> Le 1 août 2020 19:34:56 GMT+02:00, Denver Gingerich 
>> mailto:den...@ossguy.com>> a écrit :
>>> On Sat, Aug 01, 2020 at 07:25:15PM +0200, Msavoritias wrote:
 The second point I was trying to raise is that XMPP doesn't 
 have good
 clients for Mobile,
>>> 
>>> You mention this repeatedly without explaining why Conversations has 
>>> "bad design".  Most people I know love the design of Conversations, 
>>> so I have trouble seeing why Conversations is holding back XMPP in 
>>> some way.
>>> 
 

Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Jean Louis]

Mostly I am in agreement with Adrien.

There is this review that I found, that you all may find it
interesting:
https://wiki.404.city/en/XMPP_vs_Matrix

For me XMPP does so many things, we create business with XMPP, we have
all personnel within XMPP coordination, and we use our own servers and
domains, and XMPP work well in worst network conditions as by the
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda.

Most important it is free software in terms as in freedom, we are free
to distribute it, and we gain good communication, secure private
network line without spying from third unknown parties.

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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Adonay Felipe Nogueira via libreplanet-discuss]

Em 31/07/2020 16:20, Adrien Bourmault (neox on freenode) escreveu:
>Matrix is a badly designed protocol (especially the s2s part) and is

Interesting, I wonder if there are references to that.

>The XSF point of view is different from the Matrix/Vector one : the XSF
>is a non profit foundation, in the tracks of IETF. They made a protocol
>in the hope that it will be useful and that's it. You can't say the
>same for Vector.

Good point. On a not so similar subject, this seems to align with the
arguments presented by Software Freedom Conservancy (SFConservancy) in
regards to copyleft enforcement (almost all of their talks, including
the recorded ones, present this "who best enforces copyleft?" paradigm,
and all results in either individual copyright holders or these signing
their contributions to one of FSF-and-sisters, SFConservancy or Software
Freedom Law Center, and avoiding non-disclosure agreements, trade
secrets and contributor license agreements).

>of both Conversations and ChatSecure are always in touch, and are XSF
>members. There are many forks of both, and it provides additionnal

Indeed, in open standards, people and projects being members of the
standards committees/workgroups is a very important thing, specially if
many are in favor of free/libre software or if the group itself has that
commitment or is a non-profit, preferably a charity.

>On mobile, there is only one functionnal Matrix client : Element. And
>it advocates for non free software, especially Google one.

The references in my previous replies to this topic also agree with you. :)

>Have you ever read RMS ? Or listen to him ? Everyone should care about
>privacy, everyone should encrypt his communications. XMPP's modern
>encryption (known as OMEMO) is way more secure than Olm/Megolm (because
>it seems Vector thought that forward secrecy was an anti-feature lol).

That is scary indeed.

>beautiful. Free software is about freedom, not popularity

And with this I contribute referencing to [1].


# References


[1]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html .


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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Adonay Felipe Nogueira via libreplanet-discuss]

Note: sorry for double-posting, please tell me if you are subscribed to
the list.

Em 30/07/2020 01:37, Denver Gingerich escreveu:
the best XMPP clients - I'm trying to do my part with the
recommendations at https://jmp.chat/#clients (for the free software
service I run).  In short, use Gajim or Conversations.  If you want
fancy design but less features, then Dino.

Great work on fostering JMP.chat, I also make a similar recommendation
(also citing JMP.chat) in [1].


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[1]: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/XMPP . This is also a community wiki,
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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

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Note: forgive me for double-posting, but people involved in this
conversation already did it and I lost track of who and don't know if
you all are subscribed to the list or not.

Em 31/07/2020 05:58, Msavoritias escreveu:
> As I said they mainly had issues with the UI/UX and some features that
> were missing like stickers. I searched for the second one and there

From the messages so far I can see that "missing features" that
Msavoritias mentioned so far are the ones described in the sections to
follow. However, if there is something else missing, please describe it.


# [ ] Sticker XEP/standard


For this I request that all parties interested contribute to [1] so that
it either becomes a XEP or is implemented using existing ones like what
is described in the issue's comments.


# [?] Widget implementations


If what Msavoritias refers to is a persistent notification showing how
many of your accounts are connected then go to Conversations
(eu.siacs.conversations), "Settings", under "Advanced" check
"Active/enable service".

However, if Msavoritias means any widget that stays in the
"desktop"/"start area" of the phone's screen, that depends on what
Msavoritias wants the widget to do, since no mobile operating systems
standardizes what types of widgets must be supported. In this sense,
Conversations (again, eu.siacs.conversations) has a 1 * 1 widget that
you can associate a contact to and it will behave as a shortcut to talk
to that address provided you are connected and have that person in the
contact list inside the XMPP account with which you are connected.


# References


[1] https://github.com/Gargron/xmpp-web/issues/3 .


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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Msavoritias]

   Okay First of all I am going to say once more that I am not talking
   about Riot, Element or anything like that. I am talking about the
   protocol.
   Please read my messages.
   Second I see that you have some personal feelings about Vector. I don't
   know why but I respect that. Thus your opinion is subjective too.
   That doesnt negate my arguments that Matrix has more features and is a
   more coherent whole than XMPP.
   Third what  I know is that Olm is based on Signal encryption. If you
   say that Singnal encryption is not that good then I am afraid our
   conversation ends here because it is clear you don't know what you are
   talking about. That is not to say OMEMO is not good.
   I was talking about Android clients specifically not iOS. I have no
   desire to be locked in that garden.
   Also Element is functional. Like Conversations. Just like other clients
   like Fluffy Chat and Dillo.
   Also I am not talking about Synapse. There are other servers to choose
   from. And the higher usage comes at the cost of features which XMPP
   lacks. Personally I find that acceptable.
   When you are talking about the Matrix protocol when do they advocate
   for Non-Free Software? I know about the widgets on Element. But what
   exactly about Matrix is non-free? I thought you could implement how you
   want.
   What do you mean about advocating Google? The youtube widget? That is
   no different than patching Firefox to have Icecat if we go there.
   Although I wouldn't choose Element due to the license.
   Can you send me a link where the Matrix people said that they don't
   want forward secrecy? Because I have read an issue that they want to
   upgrade their encryption to something better.
   This is not about beauty or anything like that. It is about
   functionality and modern features that I have first hand experienced
   users caring about.
   MSavoritias

   On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 01:01, Adrien Bourmault (neox on Freenode)
wrote:

   Matrix is a badly designed protocol (especially the s2s part) and is
   not more modern than XMPP. In computer science, be young is not always
   a quality for a protocol, and XMPP has proven many times it was
   evolutive and reliable. The XSF point of view is different from the
   Matrix/Vector one : the XSF is a non profit foundation, in the tracks
   of IETF. They made a protocol in the hope that it will be useful and
   that's it. You can't say the same for Vector. We shouldn't have that
   discussion since the company behind the Matrix protocol advocates for
   non free software, and open source when they want to be popular.

 If Conversations are the benchmark for how much behind XMPP is in >
 capabilities that a modern user wants, then I don't know if it can
 be > overcomed.

   I can't understand what do you mean. Conversations is developed by a
   very small team, practically one person, and you conclude that this app
   that evolves permanently has already shown all that could be shown ?
   Excuse me, but at this time there is no client for Matrix as functional
   as Conversations (since non free software usage or advocacy is for me
   an anti-feature worst than "lack of stickers") and XMPP server
   softwares like Ejabberd or Prosody are way more reliable and powerful
   than Synapse (which is subject to overconsumption I observed).  It is
   clear that you like Matrix very well, but your arguments are wrong and
   subjective.

 In mobile at least there doesn't seem to be enough development
 outside > of Conversations.

   I can't agree. ChatSecure (for iOS) is a really active project and devs
   of both Conversations and ChatSecure are always in touch, and are XSF
   members. There are many forks of both, and it provides additionnal
   choices for people. On mobile, there is only one functionnal Matrix
   client : Element. And it advocates for non free software, especially
   Google one.

 I know it is pretty popular with privacy folks though. So maybe it
 finds some use there.

   Have you ever read RMS ? Or listen to him ? Everyone should care about
   privacy, everyone should encrypt his communications. XMPP's modern
   encryption (known as OMEMO) is way more secure than Olm/Megolm (because
   it seems Vector thought that forward secrecy was an anti-feature lol).
   Do you think the FSF should advocate for that? With all the problems
   that Vector has, it would be a treason for people who trust the FSF. I
   can understand you like Element because it has stickers and it is
   beautiful. This is the same with other software that are unethical but
   beautiful. Free software is about freedom, not popularity Librement, Le
   1 aot 2020 19:34:56 GMT+02:00, Denver Gingerich <[1]den...@ossguy.com>
   a crit :

 On Sat, Aug 01, 2020 at 07:25:15PM +0200, Msavoritias wrote:

 The second point I was trying to raise is that XMPP doesn't have
 good clients for Mobile,

 You mention this repeatedly without exp

Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Adrien Bourmault (neox on Freenode)]

   Matrix is a badly designed protocol (especially the s2s part) and is
   not more modern than XMPP. In computer science, be young is not always
   a quality for a protocol, and XMPP has proven many times it was
   evolutive and reliable.
   The XSF point of view is different from the Matrix/Vector one : the XSF
   is a non profit foundation, in the tracks of IETF. They made a protocol
   in the hope that it will be useful and that's it. You can't say the
   same for Vector.
   We shouldn't have that discussion since the company behind the Matrix
   protocol advocates for non free software, and open source when they
   want to be popular.
   > If Conversations are the benchmark for how much behind XMPP is in >
   capabilities that a modern user wants, then I don't know if it can be >
   overcomed.
   I can't understand what do you mean. Conversations is developed by a
   very small team, practically one person, and you conclude that this app
   that evolves permanently has already shown all that could be shown ?
   Excuse me, but at this time there is no client for Matrix as functional
   as Conversations (since non free software usage or advocacy is for me
   an anti-feature worst than "lack of stickers") and XMPP server
   softwares like Ejabberd or Prosody are way more reliable and powerful
   than Synapse (which is subject to overconsumption I observed).
   It is clear that you like Matrix very well, but your arguments are
   wrong and subjective.
   > In mobile at least there doesn't seem to be enough development
   outside > of Conversations.
   I can't agree. ChatSecure (for iOS) is a really active project and devs
   of both Conversations and ChatSecure are always in touch, and are XSF
   members. There are many forks of both, and it provides additionnal
   choices for people.
   On mobile, there is only one functionnal Matrix client : Element. And
   it advocates for non free software, especially Google one.
   > I know it is pretty popular with privacy folks though. So maybe it
   finds some use there.
   Have you ever read RMS ? Or listen to him ? Everyone should care about
   privacy, everyone should encrypt his communications. XMPP's modern
   encryption (known as OMEMO) is way more secure than Olm/Megolm (because
   it seems Vector thought that forward secrecy was an anti-feature lol).
   Do you think the FSF should advocate for that? With all the problems
   that Vector has, it would be a treason for people who trust the FSF.
   I can understand you like Element because it has stickers and it is
   beautiful. This is the same with other software that are unethical but
   beautiful. Free software is about freedom, not popularity
   Librement,

   Le 1 août 2020 19:34:56 GMT+02:00, Denver Gingerich 
   a écrit :

On Sat, Aug 01, 2020 at 07:25:15PM +0200, Msavoritias wrote:

 The second point I was trying to raise is that XMPP doesn't have
 good
 clients for Mobile,

 You mention this repeatedly without explaining why Conversations has
 "bad design". Most people I know love the design of Conversations,
 so I have trouble seeing why Conversations is holding back XMPP in
 some way.

 doesn't have modern features

 The only feature you have explicitly mentioned is "stickers". I'm
 not sure why this is an important feature for FSF to have in a
 protocol they want to promote. Are there other "modern features"
 that XMPP is missing?

 or even a coherent standard.

 As we've mentioned, there are coherent standards for XMPP. If you
 want a client that supports the important standards, use Gajim or
 Conversations.

 So by that point I was advocating to have a Matrix server so we can
 attract new contributors that may want modern features.

 Per above, please tell us which "modern features" you mean. Thanks!
 Denver
 [1]https://jmp.chat/

References

   1. https://jmp.chat/


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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Adrien Bourmault (neox on freenode)]

   Matrix is a badly designed protocol (especially the s2s part) and is
   not more modern than XMPP. In computer science, be young is not always
   a quality for a protocol, and XMPP has proven many times it was
   evolutive and reliable.

   The XSF point of view is different from the Matrix/Vector one : the XSF
   is a non profit foundation, in the tracks of IETF. They made a protocol
   in the hope that it will be useful and that's it. You can't say the
   same for Vector.

   We shouldn't have that discussion since the company behind the Matrix
   protocol advocates for non free software, and open source when they
   want to be popular.
> If Conversations are the benchmark for how much behind XMPP is in
> capabilities that a modern user wants, then I don't know if it can be
> overcomed.

   I can't understand what do you mean. Conversations is developed by a
   very small team, practically one person, and you conclude that this app
   that evolves permanently has already shown all that could be shown ?
   Excuse me, but at this time there is no client for Matrix as functional
   as Conversations (since non free software usage or advocacy is for me
   an anti-feature worst than "lack of stickers") and XMPP server
   softwares like Ejabberd or Prosody are way more reliable and powerful
   than Synapse (which is subject to overconsumption I observed).

   It is clear that you like Matrix very well, but your arguments are
   wrong and subjective.
> In mobile at least there doesn't seem to be enough development outside
> of Conversations.

   I can't agree. ChatSecure (for iOS) is a really active project and devs
   of both Conversations and ChatSecure are always in touch, and are XSF
   members. There are many forks of both, and it provides additionnal
   choices for people.

   On mobile, there is only one functionnal Matrix client : Element. And
   it advocates for non free software, especially Google one.
> I know it is pretty popular with privacy folks though. So maybe it finds some
use there.

   Have you ever read RMS ? Or listen to him ? Everyone should care about
   privacy, everyone should encrypt his communications. XMPP's modern
   encryption (known as OMEMO) is way more secure than Olm/Megolm (because
   it seems Vector thought that forward secrecy was an anti-feature lol).

   Do you think the FSF should advocate for that? With all the problems
   that Vector has, it would be a treason for people who trust the FSF.

   I can understand you like Element because it has stickers and it is
   beautiful. This is the same with other software that are unethical but
   beautiful. Free software is about freedom, not popularity

   On 31/07/2020 11:12, Adrien Bourmault (neox on Freenode) wrote:

   For instance, Conversations is in the FSD, as confirmed free software.
   [1][1]https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Conversations.im
   I don't understand your statements. XMPP is used by major companies
   like Whatsapp for example, if you need a proprietary one (so Facebook
   use it).
   Conversations is GPL v3, so this is copyleft isn't it ? The Matrix
   protocol is not especially copyleft nor XMPP. These are just spec
   documents that describes functions. If Matrix is under copyleft, Vector
   is actually violating its own license !
   Conversations advocates for free software, unlike Element for example.
   This is a huge difference.
   Librement,

   Le 31 juillet 2020 10:58:30 GMT+02:00, Msavoritias
   [2] a écrit :

As I said they mainly had issues with the UI/UX and some features that
were missing like stickers. I searched for the second one and there
didn't seem to be an intention to implement stickers.
Things don't seems to be changing on that front though. The last client
on that page Zom moved to matrix too.
If you ask me they are different crowds. XMPP is for techies with no
chance of going mainstream.
Matrix takes a more radical approach and even now it is used more than
XMPP. With XMPP being mostly gone since Google and Facebook Stopped
using it. Gone outside of the tech communities that is. Only place I
see recommending it is for the enccryption.
If you ask me I would prefer a copyleft protocol. Because neither XMPP
or Matrix can stop themselves from being EEE. But I will take what i
can get.
In mobile at least there doesn't seem to be enough development outside
of Conversations. I know it is pretty popular with privacy folks though.
So maybe it finds some use there.
I like the standarization you said the community is trying. But I think
its too late for that. With all the fragmentation and people moving on.
You are right that people still use it but I think it is more like IRC.
It is good for the minority but you are not going to convince new users
to join there.
We should look how to convince new users to join in modern protocols.
If Conversations are the benchmark for how much behind XMPP is in
capabilities that a modern user wants, then I don't know if it can be
overcomed.
MSavoritias
On F

Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Denver Gingerich]

On Sat, Aug 01, 2020 at 07:25:15PM +0200, Msavoritias wrote:
>The second point I was trying to raise is that XMPP doesn't have good
>clients for Mobile,

You mention this repeatedly without explaining why Conversations has "bad 
design".  Most people I know love the design of Conversations, so I have 
trouble seeing why Conversations is holding back XMPP in some way.

>doesn't have modern features

The only feature you have explicitly mentioned is "stickers".  I'm not sure why 
this is an important feature for FSF to have in a protocol they want to 
promote.  Are there other "modern features" that XMPP is missing?

>or even a coherent standard.

As we've mentioned, there are coherent standards for XMPP.  If you want a 
client that supports the important standards, use Gajim or Conversations.

>So by that point I was advocating to have a Matrix server so we can
>attract new contributors that may want modern features.

Per above, please tell us which "modern features" you mean.  Thanks!

Denver
https://jmp.chat/

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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Msavoritias]

   If I download three clients in Android I will find three different
   feature sets. And then I have to pick the right server with the right
   extensions. Its all a big puzzle. That is not very coherent.
   The modern features I said as above can be stickers, gifs, communities
   or Discord servers if you will. There are a lot such features.
   Now I understand that XMPP may support these in some extension
   somewhere. But the point is that I need to have the right combination
   of an app and the server to get this feature.
   About the design I guess we have different circles. I like IRC and
   terminal too. Doesn't mean that new users will like them and I should
   recomend it for them.
   Look, the whole point of this anyway was a suggestion for the FSF to
   add a Matrix server so new users can patricipate somewhere that fills
   modern and they can easily grasp. It's not about XMPP vs Matrix. T hat
   can be an endless debate like IRC vs XMPP. Email vs Gittea or
   something.
   As I have said I downloaded all the XMPP apps that i could find xmpp
   site or otherwise. The only one that had the necesserary features was
   Conversations. And that one has a bad UI. That doesn't look like a
   standard to me, if I have to use Conversations only. On Matrix I can
   easily on the top of my head tell you at least 3 that are in active
   development. Two of them Copyleft.
   As it stands now I will continue to have the Free Software rooms in
   Matrix and patricipate there. Any new user that is interested also I
   will suggest them to divert there. I don't want to scare them by
   showing IRC or some random XMPP server.
   MSavoritias

   On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 17:34, Denver Gingerich 
   wrote:

   On Sat, Aug 01, 2020 at 07:25:15PM +0200, Msavoritias wrote:

 The second point I was trying to raise is that XMPP doesn't have
 good clients for Mobile,

   You mention this repeatedly without explaining why Conversations has
   "bad design". Most people I know love the design of Conversations, so I
   have trouble seeing why Conversations is holding back XMPP in some way.

 doesn't have modern features

   The only feature you have explicitly mentioned is "stickers". I'm not
   sure why this is an important feature for FSF to have in a protocol
   they want to promote. Are there other "modern features" that XMPP is
   missing?

 or even a coherent standard.

   As we've mentioned, there are coherent standards for XMPP. If you want
   a client that supports the important standards, use Gajim or
   Conversations.

 So by that point I was advocating to have a Matrix server so we can
 attract new contributors that may want modern features.

   Per above, please tell us which "modern features" you mean. Thanks!
   Denver [1]https://jmp.chat/

References

   1. https://jmp.chat/
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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Msavoritias]

   I know that Whats app at some point used the XMPP protocol. and
   Facebook. I don't know if it is used internally still though.
   Especially since they are merging all the messaging protocols together
   and basically rewriting everything.
   Google used to use it but I don't know anymore since they changed three
   apps since then.
   I was talking about the protocol being Copyleft. Otherwise you risk of
   EEE like Whatapp did.
   The conversation here is not about Riot or Element. Its about Matrix
   the protocol. Which has many clients. Some of them AGPL-3 even.
   I fail to understand though what does it matter that XMPP is may or may
   not used by Facebook. The point I was trying to make was that Matrix is
   used and it has wide deployment. It's not something that's going to go
   away.
   The second point I was trying to raise is that XMPP doesn't have good
   clients for Mobile, doesn't have modern features or even a coherent
   standard.
   So by that point I was advocating to have a Matrix server so we can
   attract new contributors that may want modern features.
   PS. How would Vector Violate its own license?
   MSavoritias

   On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 11:12, Adrien Bourmault (neox on Freenode)
wrote:

   For instance, Conversations is in the FSD, as confirmed free software.
   [1]https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Conversations.im I don't understand
   your statements. XMPP is used by major companies like Whatsapp for
   example, if you need a proprietary one (so Facebook use it).
   Conversations is GPL v3, so this is copyleft isn't it ? The Matrix
   protocol is not especially copyleft nor XMPP. These are just spec
   documents that describes functions. If Matrix is under copyleft, Vector
   is actually violating its own license ! Conversations advocates for
   free software, unlike Element for example. This is a huge difference.
   Librement, Le 31 juillet 2020 10:58:30 GMT+02:00, Msavoritias
   <[2]marinus.savorit...@disroot.org> a crit :

 As I said they mainly had issues with the UI/UX and some features
 that were missing like stickers. I searched for the second one and
 there didn't seem to be an intention to implement stickers. Things
 don't seems to be changing on that front though. The last client on
 that page Zom moved to matrix too. If you ask me they are different
 crowds. XMPP is for techies with no chance of going mainstream.
 Matrix takes a more radical approach and even now it is used more
 than XMPP. With XMPP being mostly gone since Google and Facebook
 Stopped using it. Gone outside of the tech communities that is. Only
 place I see recommending it is for the enccryption. If you ask me I
 would prefer a copyleft protocol. Because neither XMPP or Matrix can
 stop themselves from being EEE. But I will take what i can get. In
 mobile at least there doesn't seem to be enough development outside
 of Conversations. I know it is pretty popular with privacy folks
 though. So maybe it finds some use there. I like the standarization
 you said the community is trying. But I think its too late for that.
 With all the fragmentation and people moving on. You are right that
 people still use it but I think it is more like IRC. It is good for
 the minority but you are not going to convince new users to join
 there. We should look how to convince new users to join in modern
 protocols. If Conversations are the benchmark for how much behind
 XMPP is in capabilities that a modern user wants, then I don't know
 if it can be overcomed. MSavoritias On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 03:00,
 Denver Gingerich <[3]den...@ossguy.com> wrote:

 On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 09:51:43PM +0200, Msavoritias wrote:

 Conversations is badly designed. I am talking from experience trying
 for people to adopt it.

 I haven't had any bad experiences getting people to adopt
 Conversations. Maybe you could be more specific about what
 particular aspects of Conversations they have issues with?

 Every other client listed on this page:
 <<[4]https://xmpp.org/software/clients.html>> for android is
 basically with design from twenty years ago. There doesn't seem to
 be new clients popping up. for mobile at least. In contrast Matrix
 <<[5]https://matrix.org/clients/>> has a lot of new clients with
 active development.

 I agree that the XMPP community could make a prettier clients page
 with screenshots and such, like Matrix has. There are at least as
 many XMPP clients under active development as there are Matrix
 clients.

 Its not the problem of something Conversations are missing. Although
 it misses a lot of stuff. Like stickers and widgets. The thing is
 that every client I installed had different capabilities entirely.
 It made sense when I read the phylosophy behind XMPP and Matrix
 though. Matrix wants to be ,from my perspective, a coherent

Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Adrien Bourmault (neox on Freenode)]

   For instance, Conversations is in the FSD, as confirmed free software.
   [1]https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Conversations.im
   I don't understand your statements. XMPP is used by major companies
   like Whatsapp for example, if you need a proprietary one (so Facebook
   use it).
   Conversations is GPL v3, so this is copyleft isn't it ? The Matrix
   protocol is not especially copyleft nor XMPP. These are just spec
   documents that describes functions. If Matrix is under copyleft, Vector
   is actually violating its own license !
   Conversations advocates for free software, unlike Element for example.
   This is a huge difference.
   Librement,

   Le 31 juillet 2020 10:58:30 GMT+02:00, Msavoritias
a écrit :

As I said they mainly had issues with the UI/UX and some features that
were missing like stickers. I searched for the second one and there
didn't seem to be an intention to implement stickers.
Things don't seems to be changing on that front though. The last client
on that page Zom moved to matrix too.
If you ask me they are different crowds. XMPP is for techies with no
chance of going mainstream.
Matrix takes a more radical approach and even now it is used more than
XMPP. With XMPP being mostly gone since Google and Facebook Stopped
using it. Gone outside of the tech communities that is. Only place I
see recommending it is for the enccryption.
If you ask me I would prefer a copyleft protocol. Because neither XMPP
or Matrix can stop themselves from being EEE. But I will take what i
can get.
In mobile at least there doesn't seem to be enough development outside
of Conversations. I know it is pretty popular with privacy folks though.
So maybe it finds some use there.
I like the standarization you said the community is trying. But I think
its too late for that. With all the fragmentation and people moving on.
You are right that people still use it but I think it is more like IRC.
It is good for the minority but you are not going to convince new users
to join there.
We should look how to convince new users to join in modern protocols.
If Conversations are the benchmark for how much behind XMPP is in
capabilities that a modern user wants, then I don't know if it can be
overcomed.
MSavoritias
On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 03:00, Denver Gingerich 
wrote:

 On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 09:51:43PM +0200, Msavoritias wrote:

 Conversations is badly designed. I am talking from experience
 trying for
 people to adopt it.

 I haven't had any bad experiences getting people to adopt
 Conversations. Maybe you could be more specific about what
 particular aspects of Conversations they have issues with?

 Every other client listed on this page:
 <<[2]https://xmpp.org/software/clients.html>> for android is
 basically
 with
 design from twenty years ago.
 There doesn't seem to be new clients popping up. for mobile at
 least.
 In contrast Matrix <<[3]https://matrix.org/clients/>> has a lot of
 new
 clients
 with active development.

 I agree that the XMPP community could make a prettier clients page
 with screenshots and such, like Matrix has. There are at least as
 many XMPP clients under active development as there are Matrix
 clients.

 Its not the problem of something Conversations are missing.
 Although it
 misses a lot of stuff. Like stickers and widgets.
 The thing is that every client I installed had different
 capabilities
 entirely. It made sense when I read the phylosophy behind XMPP and
 Matrix
 though. Matrix wants to be ,from my perspective, a coherent
 standard. One
 piece. XMPP is more modular. Which explains the fragmentation in
 the XMPP
 ecosystem.

 True that is another thing the XMPP community could work on. We do
 have compliance suites that will tell you if your client meets a
 certain "coherent standard":
 <[4]https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0423.html#im>
 However, we haven't done enough work to advertise this or certify
 clients, so it's not yet easy to benefit from this work as a person
 new to XMPP.
 There seem to be enough people using XMPP for it to continue on an
 upward trajectory. It might not see the hockey stick growth that
 other protocols do, but it also hasn't flamed out, which I fear may
 happen with some of the newer, more hyped protocols.
 Denver
 <[5]https://jmp.chat/>

References

   1. https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Conversations.im
   2. https://xmpp.org/software/clients.html
   3. https://matrix.org/clients/
   4. https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0423.html#im
   5. https://jmp.chat/
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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Denver Gingerich]

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 09:51:43PM +0200, Msavoritias wrote:
> Conversations is badly designed. I am talking from experience trying for
> people to adopt it.

I haven't had any bad experiences getting people to adopt Conversations.  Maybe 
you could be more specific about what particular aspects of Conversations they 
have issues with?

> Every other client listed on this page:
>  for android is basically with
> design from twenty years ago.
> There doesn't seem to be new clients popping up. for mobile at least.
> In contrast Matrix  has a lot of new clients
> with active development.

I agree that the XMPP community could make a prettier clients page with 
screenshots and such, like Matrix has.  There are at least as many XMPP clients 
under active development as there are Matrix clients.

> Its not the problem of something Conversations are missing. Although it
> misses a lot of stuff. Like stickers and widgets.
> The thing is that every client I installed had different capabilities
> entirely. It made sense when I read the phylosophy behind XMPP and Matrix
> though. Matrix wants to be ,from my perspective, a coherent standard. One
> piece. XMPP is more modular. Which explains the fragmentation in the XMPP
> ecosystem.

True that is another thing the XMPP community could work on.  We do have 
compliance suites that will tell you if your client meets a certain "coherent 
standard":

  https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0423.html#im

However, we haven't done enough work to advertise this or certify clients, so 
it's not yet easy to benefit from this work as a person new to XMPP.


There seem to be enough people using XMPP for it to continue on an upward 
trajectory.  It might not see the hockey stick growth that other protocols do, 
but it also hasn't flamed out, which I fear may happen with some of the newer, 
more hyped protocols.

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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Msavoritias]

   As I said they mainly had issues with the UI/UX and some features that
   were missing like stickers. I searched for the second one and there
   didn't seem to be an intention to implement stickers.
   Things don't seems to be changing on that front though. The last client
   on that page Zom moved to matrix too.
   If you ask me they are different crowds. XMPP is for techies with no
   chance of going mainstream.
   Matrix takes a more radical approach and even now it is used more than
   XMPP. With XMPP being mostly gone since Google and Facebook Stopped
   using it. Gone outside of the tech communities that is. Only place I
   see recommending it is for the enccryption.
   If you ask me I would prefer a copyleft protocol. Because neither XMPP
   or Matrix can stop themselves from being EEE. But I will take what i
   can get.
   In mobile at least there doesn't seem to be enough development o utside
   of Conversations. I know it is pretty popular with privacy folks
   though.
   So maybe it finds some use there.
   I like the standarization you said the community is trying. But I think
   its too late for that. With all the fragmentation and people moving on.
   You are right that people still use it but I think it is more like IRC.
   It is good for the minority but you are not going to convince new users
   to join there.
   We should look how to convince new users to join in modern protocols.
   If Conversations are the benchmark for how much behind XMPP is in
   capabilities that a modern user wants, then I don't know if it can be
   overcomed.
   MSavoritias

   On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 03:00, Denver Gingerich 
   wrote:

   On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 09:51:4 3PM +0200, Msavoritias wrote:

 Conversations is badly designed. I am talking from experience trying
 for people to adopt it.

   I haven't had any bad experiences getting people to adopt
   Conversations. Maybe you could be more specific about what particular
   aspects of Conversations they have issues with?

 Every other client listed on this page:
 <[1]https://xmpp.org/software/clients.html> for android is basically
 with design from twenty years ago. There doesn't seem to be new
 clients popping up. for mobile at least. In contrast Matrix
 <[2]https://matrix.org/clients/> has a lot of new clients with
 active development.

   I agree that the XMPP community could make a prettier clients page with
   screenshots and such, like Matrix has. There are at least as many XMPP
   clients under active development as there are Matrix clients.

 Its not the problem of something Conversations are missing. Although
 it misses a lot of stuff. Like stickers and widgets. The thing is
 that every client I installed had different capabilities entirely.
 It made sense when I read the phylosophy behind XMPP and Matrix
 though. Matrix wants to be ,from my perspective, a coherent
 standard. One piece. XMPP is more modular. Which explains the
 fragmentation in the XMPP ecosystem.

   True that is another thing the XMPP community could work on. We do have
   compliance suites that will tell you if your client meets a certain
   "coherent standard": [3]https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0423.html#im
   However, we haven't done enough work to advertise this or certify
   clients, so it's not yet easy to benefit from this work as a person new
   to XMPP. There seem to be enough people using XMPP for it to continue
   on an upward trajectory. It might not see the hockey stick growth that
   other protocols do, but it also hasn't flamed out, which I fear may
   happen with some of the newer, more hyped protocols. Denver
   [4]https://jmp.chat/

References

   1. https://xmpp.org/software/clients.html
   2. https://matrix.org/clients/
   3. https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0423.html#im
   4. https://jmp.chat/
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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Msavoritias]

   Conversations is badly designed. I am talking from experience trying
   for people to adopt it.
   Every other client listed on this
   page: [1]https://xmpp.org/software/clients.html for android is
   basically with design from twenty years ago.
   There doesn't seem to be new clients popping up. for mobile at least.
   In contrast Matrix [2]https://matrix.org/clients/ has a lot of new
   clients with active development.
   I checked. It does have some development. Which seems interesting
   considering the stagnation of clients for mobile.
   Its not the problem of something Conversations are missing. Although it
   misses a lot of stuff. Like stickers and widgets.
   The thing is that every client I installed had different capabilities
   entirely. It made sense when I read the phylosophy be hind XMPP and
   Matrix though. Matrix wants to be ,from my perspective, a coherent
   standard. One piece. XMPP is more modular. Which explains the
   fragmentation in the XMPP ecosystem.
   That''s true. It is still in heavy development. It does have though at
   least 4 server implementations that I know of. Some of them are
   lightweight. One of them by matrix.org themselves as a planeed rewrite
   for the slow current server.
   Also bear in mind that the Goverment of France, and the Goverment of
   Germany along with some other providers. Also Kde and Gnome have moved
   there. Matrix is here to stay.

   On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 16:27, Denver Gingerich 
   wrote:

   On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 06:04:34PM +0200, Msavoritias wrote:

 I wanted a client for Android so i searched on Google play and
 Fdroid but couldn't find one with acceptable design. Proprietary or
 otherwise.

   What is wrong with Conversations?
   [3]https://f-droid.org/app/eu.siacs.conversations
   [4]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siacs.conversations

 Plus I have seen that there is a huge shift to Matrix for non-tech
 people. IRC and XMPP seem to stay into obscurity. XMPP would have
 been popular by now. And what good is a system if its not popular? I
 don't want to message my self. Matrix is the only protocol that is
 actively developed, is Free Software (although not AGPL-3), and
 seems to have a consensus by the wider community.

   XMPP is also actively developed and has many free software
   implementations (including some that are AGPLv3, like
   [5]https://jmp.chat/ ). If you want/need a gratis account that supports
   all the important features, see [6]https://dismail.de/register.html .

 Also the clients seem to decently designed.

   See above - is there something Conversations is missing versus the
   Matrix client(s) for Android?

 I'm saying all this because if we want to attract more Free Software
 users, like it or not we need a good presentation with good
 interface. otherwise we risk to fall into obscurity. No, Im not
 saying to use proprietary messaging to attract users.

   I definitely agree. However, I think we need to look at which protocols
   are likely to stand the test of time. Matrix is very new, and the
   server implementation(s?) is extremely resource-heavy. XMPP has been
   around for over 20 years and has multiple lightweight server
   implementations. Denver [7]https://jmp.chat/
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   1. https://xmpp.org/software/clients.html
   2. https://matrix.org/clients/
   3. https://f-droid.org/app/eu.siacs.conversations
   4. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siacs.conversations
   5. https://jmp.chat/
   6. https://dismail.de/register.html
   7. https://jmp.chat/
   8. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
   9. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Msavoritias]

   I am well aware. Personally I rejected it because its not Copyleft.
   MSavoritias

   On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 20:51, Ali Reza Hayati 
   wrote:

   If you ever considered using Riot (newly renamed to Element), please
   note that Riot/Element has Electron and Electron is considered nonfree.
   Electron has Chromium in it but it doesn't include all licenses of
   Chromium so it's a violation of software freedom. On 7/30/20 8:34 PM,
   Msavoritias wrote:

 Dino is not available for Android it seems though. On desktop there
 are choices. I wanted a client for Android so i searched on Google
 play and Fdroid but couldn't find one with acceptable design.
 Proprietary or otherwise. I understand that tech people don't care
 about UI/UX but we need some nice looking clients. Plus I have seen
 that there is a huge shift to Matrix for non-tech people. IRC and
 XMPP seem to stay into obscurity. XMPP would have been popular by
 now. And what good is a system if its not popular? I don't want to
 message my self. Matrix is the only protocol that is actively
 developed, is Free Software (although not AGPL-3), and seems to have
 a consensus by the wider community. Also the clients seem to
 decently designed. I'm saying all this because if we want to attract
 more Free Software users, like it or not we need a good presentation
 with good interface. otherwise we risk to fall into obscurity. No,
 Im not saying to use proprietary messaging to attract users.
 MSavoritias On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 04:37, Denver Gingerich
 <[1]den...@ossguy.com> wrote: On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 06:25:36PM
 +0200, Msavoritias wrote: On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 11:47, Adonay
 Felipe Nogueira via libreplanet-discuss
 <[1][2]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org> wrote: Note: I don't
 speak for FSF, nor for GNU. Em 23/07/2020 18:56, Msavoritias
 escreveu: I would like to ask is it in the works to have an official
 FSF/GNU server in the future? Are there any blockers I can help
 with? FSF already has XMPP service for their associate members. I
 guess it comes down to personal preference but for me I didn't see
 the same features in all the clients I tried and almost all of them
 were badly designed. This doesn't help with convincing people to use
 XMPP. Where did you go to determine which XMPP clients to try? And
 which clients did you try? I believe there should be better
 resources to allow people to more easily find the best XMPP clients
 - I'm trying to do my part with the recommendations at
 [2][3]https://jmp.chat/#clients (for the free software service I
 run). In short, use Gajim or Conversations. If you want fancy design
 but less features, then Dino. Hopefully we can make these
 recommendations more widely-known so that people don't give up on
 XMPP. It's an excellent protocol and is very easy to use and
 featureful if you have the right client. Denver
 [3][4]https://jmp.chat/ References 1.
 [5]mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org 2.
 [6]https://jmp.chat/#clients 3. [7]https://jmp.chat/
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   1. mailto:den...@ossguy.com
   2. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
   3. https://jmp.chat/#clients
   4. https://jmp.chat/
   5. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
   6. https://jmp.chat/#clients
   7. https://jmp.chat/
   8. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
   9. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
  10. mailto:hay...@riseup.net
  11. http://www.alirezahayati.com/
  12. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Ali Reza Hayati]

If you ever considered using Riot (newly renamed to Element), please
note that Riot/Element has Electron and Electron is considered nonfree.

Electron has Chromium in it but it doesn't include all licenses of
Chromium so it's a violation of software freedom.

On 7/30/20 8:34 PM, Msavoritias wrote:
>Dino is not available for Android it seems though. On desktop there are
>choices.
>I wanted a client for Android so i searched on Google play and Fdroid
>but couldn't find one with acceptable design. Proprietary or otherwise.
>I understand that tech people don't care about UI/UX but we need some
>nice looking clients.
>Plus I have seen that there is a huge shift to Matrix for non-tech
>people.
>IRC and XMPP seem to stay into obscurity. XMPP would have been popular
>by now.
>And what good is a system if its not popular? I don't want to message
>my self.
>Matrix is the only protocol that is actively developed, is Free
>Software (although not AGPL-3), and seems to have a consensus by the
>wider community. Also the clients seem to decently designed.
>I'm saying all this because if we want to attract more Free Software
>users, like it or not we need a good presentation with good interface.
>otherwise we risk to fall into obscurity.
>No, Im not saying to use proprietary messaging to attract users.
>MSavoritias
> 
>On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 04:37, Denver Gingerich 
>wrote:
> 
>On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 06:25:36PM +0200, Msavoritias wrote:
> 
>  On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 11:47, Adonay Felipe Nogueira via
>  libreplanet-discuss <[1]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org> wrote:
>  Note: I don't speak for FSF, nor for GNU. Em 23/07/2020 18:56,
>  Msavoritias escreveu: I would like to ask is it in the works to have
>  an official FSF/GNU server in the future? Are there any blockers I
>  can help with? FSF already has XMPP service for their associate
>  members. I guess it comes down to personal preference but for me I
>  didn't see the same features in all the clients I tried and almost
>  all of them were badly designed. This doesn't help with convincing
>  people to use XMPP.
> 
>Where did you go to determine which XMPP clients to try? And which
>clients did you try? I believe there should be better resources to
>allow people to more easily find the best XMPP clients - I'm trying to
>do my part with the recommendations at [2]https://jmp.chat/#clients
>(for the free software service I run). In short, use Gajim or
>Conversations. If you want fancy design but less features, then Dino.
>Hopefully we can make these recommendations more widely-known so that
>people don't give up on XMPP. It's an excellent protocol and is very
>easy to use and featureful if you have the right client. Denver
>[3]https://jmp.chat/
> 
> References
> 
>1. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
>2. https://jmp.chat/#clients
>3. https://jmp.chat/
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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Denver Gingerich]

On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 06:25:36PM +0200, Msavoritias wrote:
>On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 11:47, Adonay Felipe Nogueira via
>libreplanet-discuss  wrote:
> 
>Note: I don't speak for FSF, nor for GNU. Em 23/07/2020 18:56,
>Msavoritias escreveu:
>
>  I would like to ask is it in the works to have an official FSF/GNU
>  server in the future? Are there any blockers I can help with?
> 
>FSF already has XMPP service for their associate members.
> 
>I guess it comes down to personal preference but for me I didn't see
>the same features in all the clients I tried and almost all of them
>were badly designed. This doesn't help with convincing people to use
>XMPP.

Where did you go to determine which XMPP clients to try?  And which clients did 
you try?

I believe there should be better resources to allow people to more easily find 
the best XMPP clients - I'm trying to do my part with the recommendations at 
https://jmp.chat/#clients (for the free software service I run).  In short, use 
Gajim or Conversations.  If you want fancy design but less features, then Dino.

Hopefully we can make these recommendations more widely-known so that people 
don't give up on XMPP.  It's an excellent protocol and is very easy to use and 
featureful if you have the right client.

Denver
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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Denver Gingerich]

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 06:04:34PM +0200, Msavoritias wrote:
> I wanted a client for Android so i searched on Google play and Fdroid but
> couldn't find one with acceptable design. Proprietary or otherwise.

What is wrong with Conversations?

https://f-droid.org/app/eu.siacs.conversations
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siacs.conversations

> Plus I have seen that there is a huge shift to Matrix for non-tech people.
> IRC and XMPP seem to stay into obscurity. XMPP would have been popular by
> now.
> And what good is a system if its not popular? I don't want to message my
> self.
> Matrix is the only protocol that is actively developed, is Free Software
> (although not AGPL-3), and seems to have a consensus by the wider community.

XMPP is also actively developed and has many free software implementations 
(including some that are AGPLv3, like https://jmp.chat/ ).

If you want/need a gratis account that supports all the important features, see 
https://dismail.de/register.html .

> Also the clients seem to decently designed.

See above - is there something Conversations is missing versus the Matrix 
client(s) for Android?

> I'm saying all this because if we want to attract more Free Software users,
> like it or not we need a good presentation with good interface. otherwise we
> risk to fall into obscurity.
> No, Im not saying to use proprietary messaging to attract users.

I definitely agree.  However, I think we need to look at which protocols are 
likely to stand the test of time.  Matrix is very new, and the server 
implementation(s?) is extremely resource-heavy.  XMPP has been around for over 
20 years and has multiple lightweight server implementations.

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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Msavoritias]

   Dino is not available for Android it seems though. On desktop there are
   choices.
   I wanted a client for Android so i searched on Google play and Fdroid
   but couldn't find one with acceptable design. Proprietary or otherwise.
   I understand that tech people don't care about UI/UX but we need some
   nice looking clients.
   Plus I have seen that there is a huge shift to Matrix for non-tech
   people.
   IRC and XMPP seem to stay into obscurity. XMPP would have been popular
   by now.
   And what good is a system if its not popular? I don't want to message
   my self.
   Matrix is the only protocol that is actively developed, is Free
   Software (although not AGPL-3), and seems to have a consensus by the
   wider community. Also the clients seem to decently designed.
   I'm saying all this because if we want to attract more Free Software
   users, like it or not we need a good presentation with good interface.
   otherwise we risk to fall into obscurity.
   No, Im not saying to use proprietary messaging to attract users.
   MSavoritias

   On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 04:37, Denver Gingerich 
   wrote:

   On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 06:25:36PM +0200, Msavoritias wrote:

 On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 11:47, Adonay Felipe Nogueira via
 libreplanet-discuss <[1]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org> wrote:
 Note: I don't speak for FSF, nor for GNU. Em 23/07/2020 18:56,
 Msavoritias escreveu: I would like to ask is it in the works to have
 an official FSF/GNU server in the future? Are there any blockers I
 can help with? FSF already has XMPP service for their associate
 members. I guess it comes down to personal preference but for me I
 didn't see the same features in all the clients I tried and almost
 all of them were badly designed. This doesn't help with convincing
 people to use XMPP.

   Where did you go to determine which XMPP clients to try? And which
   clients did you try? I believe there should be better resources to
   allow people to more easily find the best XMPP clients - I'm trying to
   do my part with the recommendations at [2]https://jmp.chat/#clients
   (for the free software service I run). In short, use Gajim or
   Conversations. If you want fancy design but less features, then Dino.
   Hopefully we can make these recommendations more widely-known so that
   people don't give up on XMPP. It's an excellent protocol and is very
   easy to use and featureful if you have the right client. Denver
   [3]https://jmp.chat/

References

   1. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
   2. https://jmp.chat/#clients
   3. https://jmp.chat/
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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Msavoritias]

   On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 11:47, Adonay Felipe Nogueira via
   libreplanet-discuss  wrote:

   Note: I don't speak for FSF, nor for GNU. Em 23/07/2020 18:56,
   Msavoritias escreveu:

 Guix on system. I am part of the Guix Channel on Matrix.> […] I
 created three channels on my server privacytools.io I know that
 there are some GNU channels on the matrix.org server but I went
 forth with […] I noticed that there are a lot of GNU projects
 already there. Some of them are GUIX, Octave, Gnunet, a lot of GNU
 channels, Linux Libre and so forth.

   On the subject of channels/rooms, please make sure that these are pure
   Matrix channels by checking the full address, since last time I tried
   (many years ago) with purple-matrix, Matrix itself doesn't tell that
   very easily. Also, make sure that the official pages of the projects
   advertise these channels, if not, they might not be official.

   Fair point. From what I can see there are some that are basically IRC
   bridged channels and some that are native.
   But they don't seem to be advertised so they are unofficial.

 creating one on my server. First for Decentralization reasons.
 Matrix.org is the biggest server. And second matrix.org is slow due
 to the number of users there.

 we can al ways set up an IRC bridge to talk with people on the gnu
 IRC server.

   Setting up a bridge means allocating a separate part of the server to
   talk to those protocols. How this communication is made (if a guest
   account is created for every person or if each of them have to manually
   set their own account in case the IRC network has rules to only allow
   participation of registered people) is another set of issues. The best
   option I know of thus far, which also helps non-experienced and
   unregistered users although possibly having some limitations on which
   IRC features will be available, is to set a bot to serve as a message
   relay back and forth between the target channels. Disregarding the
   message relay bot solution, Matrix's bridge services seem to be similar
   to XMPP's. As for the bot, as a Free Software Directory
   reviewer/evaluator, I saw a submission (still unapproved) for one such
   tools, which I'm trying to review as of today.

 Second a lot of new users nowdays expect modern tooling and
 communication. I think integrating a Matrix server will be a great
 way

   Indeed but, let's not forget that the means of communication and data
   interoperability/exchange that are still stable as of today succeeded
   in such a way thanks to one specific kind of standardization that was
   the norm before the growth of the Californian ideology past 2000 (i.e.:
   the term coined by Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron, not to be
   confused with beliefs of a random person from California). The standard
   in question which resisted is called "open standard", not because it
   simply came from a free/libre and "open source" software project, but
   because it was/is approved by a national or international standards
   body/collective/workgroup — e.g.: internationally we have many
   organizations, including W3C, IETF, ISO, XSF. These standards bodies
   often accept members from different groups so as to make sure that
   everyone has a chance to participate.

   That all sounds great in theory. But in practise from my experience the
   W3C is controlled by Google basically with the browser monopoly they
   have. And POSIX and other stuff have been holding innovation back. That
   happens because of the resistanse to change and the slow beraucracy of
   the process.
   I think we should look into finding striking a better balance between
   standartization and innovation and also having Standard bodies that
   actually listen to everybody.

   These "open standards" can of course be obsolete or not reflect a new
   scenario that arose, this is why the members of the bodies can
   occasionally call on the others to make updated versions, which in most
   cases, even if approved, are in no way immediately mandatory. However,
   when it involves standards "auto-regulated" by their own projects, we
   will occasionally see lots of anomalies, such as: new versions being
   approved as mandatory very fast and thus breaking software which,
   despite being updated, still implement the old version; and other group
   of people making and following a partially compatible parallel standard
   branched from the original (e.g.: original Markdown, GitLab/GitHub
   Markdown, BibTex, BibLaTeX, abnTeX2, abnTeX2cite, BibLaTeX-ABNT). It
   must be noted that even if "open standards" suffer from these anomalies
   — e.g.: WhatsApp which was a XMPP service provider too big (because
   many people recommended it instead of pointing to either a "XMPP server
   list" or a local provider), and so made "FunXMPP" which embraced XMPP,
   extended it, and extinguished XMPP communications); and the many
   non-conform

Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Adrien Bourmault (neox on Freenode)]

   Hi,
   I can add that riot for desktop is built on top of Electron, which is
   non free.
   Librement,

   Le 24 juillet 2020 10:37:14 GMT+02:00, Msavoritias
a écrit :

Hi,
That was my assumption too. Especially as there is a request for
packaging riot in the Guix Libreplanet page.
 From what I have heard it is basically the non-free addons and the
Google Captca that seems to be the problem.
The first is just a site that we don't have to connect or remove stuff
from there.
The second one they are working towards replacing it and I think we
could patch it and remove it if needed.
Regards
MSavoritias
On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 19:21, Jonathan Sandoval
 wrote:

 Msavoritias writes:

 Also I think having a bunch of semi-official channel using
 Non-FreeSoftware like Riot does't help anybody.
 I would like to ask is it in the works to have an official FSF/GNU
 server in the future? Are there any blockers I can help with?
 Disclaimer: I am NOT saying to use Riot or any other proprietary
 client.

 Hi,
 I was curious about you saying that Riot is not free software. I
 just
 checked their repository in github and it uses the Apache License.
 I'm
 working as a consultor for a company that it's building its product
 using Matrix (synaps) and Riot, and I though both of them were free
 (as
 in freedom) software with a permissive license.
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Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Adonay Felipe Nogueira via libreplanet-discuss]

Note: I don't speak for FSF, nor for GNU.

Em 23/07/2020 18:56, Msavoritias escreveu:
>Guix on system. I am part of the Guix Channel on Matrix.>[…]
>I created three channels on my server privacytools.io I know that there
>are some GNU channels on the matrix.org server but I went forth with
>[…]
>I noticed that there are a lot of GNU projects already there. Some of
>them are GUIX, Octave, Gnunet, a lot of GNU channels, Linux Libre and
>so forth.

On the subject of channels/rooms, please make sure that these are pure
Matrix channels by checking the full address, since last time I tried
(many years ago) with purple-matrix, Matrix itself doesn't tell that
very easily. Also, make sure that the official pages of the projects
advertise these channels, if not, they might not be official.

>creating one on my server. First for Decentralization reasons.
>Matrix.org is the biggest server. And second matrix.org is slow due to
>the number of users there.

>we can al ways set up an IRC bridge to talk with people on the gnu IRC
>server.

Setting up a bridge means allocating a separate part of the server to
talk to those protocols. How this communication is made (if a guest
account is created for every person or if each of them have to manually
set their own account in case the IRC network has rules to only allow
participation of registered people) is another set of issues. The best
option I know of thus far, which also helps non-experienced and
unregistered users although possibly having some limitations on which
IRC features will be available, is to set a bot to serve as a message
relay back and forth between the target channels. Disregarding the
message relay bot solution, Matrix's bridge services seem to be similar
to XMPP's. As for the bot, as a Free Software Directory
reviewer/evaluator, I saw a submission (still unapproved) for one such
tools, which I'm trying to review as of today.

>Second a lot of new users nowdays expect modern tooling and
>communication. I think integrating a Matrix server will be a great way

Indeed but, let's not forget that the means of communication and data
interoperability/exchange that are still stable as of today succeeded in
such a way thanks to one specific kind of standardization that was the
norm before the growth of the Californian ideology past 2000 (i.e.: the
term coined by Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron, not to be confused
with beliefs of a random person from California). The standard in
question which resisted is called "open standard", not because it simply
came from a free/libre and "open source" software project, but because
it was/is approved by a national or international standards
body/collective/workgroup — e.g.: internationally we have many
organizations, including W3C, IETF, ISO, XSF. These standards bodies
often accept members from different groups so as to make sure that
everyone has a chance to participate.

These "open standards" can of course be obsolete or not reflect a new
scenario that arose, this is why the members of the bodies can
occasionally call on the others to make updated versions, which in most
cases, even if approved, are in no way immediately mandatory.

However, when it involves standards "auto-regulated" by their own
projects, we will occasionally see lots of anomalies, such as: new
versions being approved as mandatory very fast and thus breaking
software which, despite being updated, still implement the old version;
and other group of people making and following a partially compatible
parallel standard branched from the original (e.g.: original Markdown,
GitLab/GitHub Markdown, BibTex, BibLaTeX, abnTeX2, abnTeX2cite,
BibLaTeX-ABNT).

It must be noted that even if "open standards" suffer from these
anomalies — e.g.: WhatsApp which was a XMPP service provider too big
(because many people recommended it instead of pointing to either a
"XMPP server list" or a local provider), and so made "FunXMPP" which
embraced XMPP, extended it, and extinguished XMPP communications); and
the many non-conforming CSV and vCard implementations —, the original
reference is not lost and the revision approval has clearly defined process.

The failure to keep those means of data exchange standardized and
interoperable opens space to the abuses described in [1].

>Also I think having a bunch of semi-official channel using
>Non-FreeSoftware like Riot does't help anybody.
>[…]
>Disclaimer: I am NOT saying to use Riot or any other proprietary
>client.

The only free/libre one I have heard so far is purple-matrix for libpurple.

>I would like to ask is it in the works to have an official FSF/GNU
>server in the future? Are there any blockers I can help with?

FSF already has XMPP service for their associate members.


# References


[1]:
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under CC-BY-SA-3.0-US, according to

Re: Matrix communication protocol.

[Msavoritias]

   Hi,
   That was my assumption too. Especially as there is a request for
   packaging riot in the Guix Libreplanet page.
   From what I have heard it is basically the non-free addons and the
   Google Captca that seems to be the problem.
   The first is just a site that we don't have to connect or remove stuff
   from there.
   The second one they are working towards replacing it and I think we
   could patch it and remove it if needed.
   Regards
   MSavoritias

   On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 19:21, Jonathan Sandoval
wrote:

   Msavoritias writes:

 Also I think having a bunch of semi-official channel using
 Non-FreeSoftware like Riot does't help anybody. I would like to ask
 is it in the works to have an official FSF/GNU server in the future?
 Are there any blockers I can help with? Disclaimer: I am NOT saying
 to use Riot or any other proprietary client.

   Hi, I was curious about you saying that Riot is not free software. I
   just checked their repository in github and it uses the Apache License.
   I'm working as a consultor for a company that it's building its product
   using Matrix (synaps) and Riot, and I though both of them were free (as
   in freedom) software with a permissive license. --
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Matrix communication protocol.

[Msavoritias]

   Hi,
   I recently started to become involved in GNU and FSF by installing also
   Guix on system. I am part of the Guix Channel on Matrix.
   I created three channels on my server privacytools.io I know that there
   are some GNU channels on the matrix.org server but I went forth with
   creating one on my server. First for Decentralization reasons.
   Matrix.org is the biggest server. And second matrix.org is slow due to
   the number of users there.
   I noticed that there are a lot of GNU projects already there. Some of
   them are GUIX, Octave, Gnunet, a lot of GNU channels, Linux Libre and
   so forth.
   Also I noticed that it is in the roadmap for Guix to have all the
   Matrix packages in the repositories. Which a lot of them are already
   there.
   The benefits to me are first its a modern protocol with a lot of
   features. I know not everybody will want all these features though so
   we can al ways set up an IRC bridge to talk with people on the gnu IRC
   server.
   Second a lot of new users nowdays expect modern tooling and
   communication. I think integrating a Matrix server will be a great way
   to accomodate them. In a sense it will improve onboarding of new
   contributors. Granted we have a long way to go with that in my opinion,
   but Matrix is the first piece of the puzzle towards a bigger and more
   liveful FSF.
   Also I think having a bunch of semi-official channel using
   Non-FreeSoftware like Riot does't help anybody.
   I would like to ask is it in the works to have an official FSF/GNU
   server in the future? Are there any blockers I can help with?
   Disclaimer: I am NOT saying to use Riot or any other proprietary
   client.
   MSavoritias
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