Re: Hashing out the scope of work

On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 05:15:33PM -0400, Ian Kelling wrote:
> > 7. Video conferencing (BigBlueButton)
> >
> >   a. LF will provide video conferencing to the project using [BigBlueButton][9]
> >      (BBB), either with a 3rd-party provider or as a fully self-hosted service.
> >   b. LF will work with the glibc project to set up conference rooms and access
> >      as required.
> 
> Regarding BBB:
> 
> Looks like you forgot to include the [9] link.
> 
> BBB versions of the last few years have a dependency on nonfree MongoDB
> versions. I think the LF BBB that CTI has been using is running nonfree
> MongoDB. The upstream BBB developers announced they are removing
> MongoDB, but that work does not have a set timeline, I hope it will be
> done within a year. At FSF, we are migrating to Galène,
> https://galene.org/ , which has less features but also takes less
> resources and is much less sysadmin work.

Okay, thank you for bringing that up. Another video conferencing system 
which we've previously deployed is Jitsi. Are there any similar 
objections to that platform?

-K