[CS Bureau] Derrick's project - status after Prepcom 2

[Adam Peake]

>  || On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 18:43:05 +0900
>  || Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
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>  ap> It's to be used by the bureau to facilitate their work.


I should have used IF (if it's to be used by the 
bureau, etc.)  The reaction of the meeting was 
there are problems, it needed more study, but 
they were open to experiment.  Apologies for that.


>So you intend to establish as official practice that people from the
>South and those using Free Software shall not participate in the
>bureau? Is this the commonly adopted policy?



I believe the answer's probably no. But I'm not a bureau member...

If I remember correctly, one Bureau member said 
it would be problematic to use as they would be 
accessing from cyber cafes, etc.  It's in 
Tracey's email.



>If so, please make a public statement to that extent.
>
>If not, please stop pushing proprietary software.
>
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>  ap> I believe Derrick's software works with FOSS OS. 
>
>The whole stack needs to be Free Software -- including the application
>itself -- for people to be able to use it in freedom.


People tried using the software (Elluminate?) a 
few months back, concern I remember was about it 
requiring  java (Sun's JRE, java trap etc.), but 
perhaps there was more. I have no idea if the 
thing's Free Software or not.  My understanding 
is that it works on Free Software platforms. 
Perhaps you could try it?

Thanks,

Adam






>Regards,
>Georg
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