Bug#751033: RFP: Big Blue Button -- Web conferencing/classroom software with video/audio/presentation and chat options

[Stephen Mahood <mv@mayfirst.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : Big Blue Button
  Version         : .81
  Upstream Author : Stephen Mahood <mv@cyberunions.org>
* URL             : http://bigbluebutton.org/
* License         : LGPL,
  Programming Lang: (java)
  Description     : Web conferencing/classroom software with
video/audio/presentation and chat options

 - why is this package useful/relevant?
This is a package mostly being developed on ubuntu, though in its current state
it requires flash, the next version is moving towards html5. It provides a good
developed structure without jre and can handle large conferences pending on the
server resources

-is it a dependency for another package?
no it is a final package

- do you use it?
Yes in the .80 version we have an instance with some ubuntu repos to meet the
dependencies of more advanced packages

- if there are other packages providing similar functionality, how does it
compare?
no other known packages in the debian repos, there is openmeetings, but that
requires a server to be running jre and is not ideal from a server resource
need.