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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Gobby vs. Etherpad?



* Csillag Tamas <cstamas@digitus.itk.ppke.hu> [110801 11:06]:
> On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 11:02:22AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> > Why is Gobby prefered over Etherpad for the BOFs and talks at Debconf?
> > Personally I prefer Etherpat (I normally use <URL: http://titanpad.com/ >)
> > because it only require a functioning browser, and there is no need to
> > ask participants to install extra software.  As far as I can see, the
> > feature set is compatible, and I fail to notice anything relevant
> > where Gobby is doing a lot better.  The only slight improvement is the
> > directory browsing, but that to medo not seem to be enough reason to
> > require extra software to be installed to write text.
> > 
> > Anyone care to explain why they prefer Gobby over Etherpad at Debconf?
> 
> Because as far as I see titanpad is a propriatory sw that runs on
> someones server. At the same time gobby is installed on debian servers
> so we do not rely on a 3rd party.

EtherPad is free software (Apache license).

If you're looking for the source code that runs titanpad.com, look
here:
https://github.com/titanpad/titanpad

  -ch
  (with this titanpad hat on)

-- 
christian hofstaedtler

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