Great news today the French government have launched their own Visio video conferencing tool #digitalsovereignty
But the PR stories, while explaining it is French built, don't mention it is Open Source and based on LiveKit - so any government can reuse what they have done.
@jim one of the groups behind it is doing a talk at #fosdem this week https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/THRG3E-la_suite_coop_model_for_digital_commons/
@jim Interesting, but a little confusing. They created an open source meeting application that requires the use of a proprietary service (one promoting "AI" agents at that)?
https://livekit.io/contact-sales
It seem they replaced one proprietary solution (Zoom) with another (LiveKit). I'm trying to figure out where LiveKit is based and who owns it.
But it is interesting news...
@cstanhope @jim Livekit is an open source project with Apache license
Why does a Zoom alternative need AI?
if LiveKit has US AI dependencies, that defeats the whole purpose of using it.
@Phosphenes "Why does a Zoom alternative need AI?"
Those automated and infuriating animated Emoji reactions? 😆
(I'm joking, but I have the same question and concern.)
