Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Software Freedom Day: Hunt for Skype alternatives

[Timo Juhani Lindfors]

Dan MacDonald <address@hidden> writes:
> I've ended up just using Gtalk which seems to be using webrtc as its
> backend now. gtalk is non-free but webrtc is at least an open standard
> unlike Skype and there are FLOSS webrtc clients (some HTML5) in
> development.

Have you tried gtalk with empathy? This way you shouldn't be running any
non-free code at least on your own computer. If it works I think the
best solution would be to start looking at how to build the server parts
using free software.