<p dir="ltr">BBB is considered open source. Not sure if it qualifies for "Free Software" under FSF definition. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Cheers</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 2013-08-29 12:00 PM, "Robert Kehl" <<a href="mailto:rk23@fsfe.org">rk23@fsfe.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Am 29.08.2013 14:00, schrieb Matthias Kirschner:<br>
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I just read<br>
<a href="https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/open-source-minimizes-web-meeting-costs-italian-environment-agency" target="_blank">https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/<u></u>community/osor/news/open-<u></u>source-minimizes-web-meeting-<u></u>costs-italian-environment-<u></u>agency</a><br>

on the train and wounder if anyone of you knows if Big Blue Button is<br>
Free Software?<br>
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It's licensed under the LGPL:<br>
  <a href="http://www.bigbluebutton.org/open-source-license/" target="_blank">http://www.bigbluebutton.org/<u></u>open-source-license/</a><br>
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The contained red5phone is livenser under the GPL.<br>
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They heavily rely on Flash, served through the OpenSource Red5 server. I guess the use of Flash deems them to be non-free, though Red5 is licensed under the GPL... Hm.<br>
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With kind regards,<br>
<br>
Robert Kehl<br>
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