Big Blue Button Free Software?

Robert Kehl rk23 at fsfe.org
Thu Aug 29 15:53:51 UTC 2013


Am 29.08.2013 14:00, schrieb Matthias Kirschner:
> I just read
> https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/open-source-minimizes-web-meeting-costs-italian-environment-agency
> on the train and wounder if anyone of you knows if Big Blue Button is
> Free Software?

It's licensed under the LGPL:
   http://www.bigbluebutton.org/open-source-license/

The contained red5phone is livenser under the GPL.

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.

With kind regards,

Robert Kehl




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