[Libre-soc-dev] daily kanban 2020-12-15

[Richard Wilbur]

> On Dec 16, 2020, at 04:48, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net> wrote:
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> crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
> 
>> On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 9:56 AM Cole Poirier <colepoirier at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> “Real-time collaborative
>> editing using CRDTs“ was a BSc thesis written in Sweden last year. In the
>> abstract it notes google docs allows for conflict-free concurrent editing.
>> There must be some libre version of google docs, even if it’s offline
>> rather than real-time?
> 
> as long as it backs into git, so that we don't have to stop what we're
> doing, rework the web server, focus on its stability for several
> weeks... you get the idea.

Etherpad[*] looks like a likely candidate.  I wouldn’t imagine it would be hard to back it with git, but I admit I haven’t tried.  It sounds interesting from the collaboration and licensing viewpoints.

It shows each user’s edits in real-time and includes a chat discussion.  Licensed under Apache License 2.0.

Reference:
[*]  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etherpad