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Why would you force people to use nonfree proprietary software in order to contribute to an open project?

• chronogram 7y ago
  Help! Help! I’m being forced to use non free proprietary software! Can just have both.
• hollander 7y ago
  Free as in "Google"?
  • zajio1am 7y ago
    With mailing lists, users can use any mail client regardless of server side.
  • andrepd 7y ago
    ?
    • nervousvarun 7y ago
      Guessing the implication being that Google is ultimately not "free" w/ respect to your personal data and how it is used.
      • andrepd 7y ago
        Yes but how does Google enter into this?
        • feanaro 7y ago
          It doesn't directly, only as a meme, or archetype. The same way that beer is not directly related to the concept of gratis, but you still use it in the illustrative phrase "free as in beer".
        • monadgonad 7y ago
          The mailing list is provided by Google Groups
• StavrosK 7y ago
  That's a good point. I find Zulip better than Slack/Discord for discourse (even better than mailing lists, with some caveats, and it's Apache-licensed: https://zulipchat.com/ https://zulipchat.com/
  • outime 7y ago
    I knew about Zulip but wasn’t aware of the free hosted plan. I can truly see it now as an alternative for orgs who can’t afford running these things themselves.
    • StavrosK 7y ago
      I use the free hosted plan and intend to pay for it when I need more features. It's excellent.
  • nerdponx 7y ago
    IRC?