Big Blue Button Free Software?

[Immanuel Giulea]

BBB is considered open source. Not sure if it qualifies for "Free Software"
under FSF definition.

Cheers
On 2013-08-29 12:00 PM, "Robert Kehl" <rk23 at fsfe.org> wrote:

> 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<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/<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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