Re: CHANGE OF VENUE: Meeting tomorrow

Johannes,
I support the use of Zoom for this meeting even though I have a strong
preference for the use of free and open source software (FOSS) whenever
doing so is reasonable. As has been often noted, Jitsi is well known to
experience issues when used by large numbers of people. It is my hope that
either Jitsi's issues will be resolved or that some alternative will be
developed that doesn't have such issues. In the meantime, it is appropriate
to use whichever tool provides the best support for our purposes. Given
that we are hoping for a large attendance at this meeting, the use of Zoom
is appropriate.

If there are alternatives to Zoom and Jitsi, it would be useful to explore
their use for future meetings.

It is important to remember that the protocols developed in this group are
to be used by both non-commercial and commercial systems. While we should
ensure that nothing in our work creates a preference or advantage for any
specific system, commercial or not, we should be open to and welcome the
participation of those employed by commercial organizations just as we
would that of anyone else. Anyone willing to make the intellectual property
rights disclosures and assurances required by the W3C and who is also
willing to contribute to the open development of open protocols should be
welcomed. If this group appears hostile to commercial participation, the
probable result is that our work will be less well informed, less well
done, and less well accepted than it might otherwise be. That would be
unfortunate.

bob wyman