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[Nikos Roussos]

On January 15, 2015 1:20:22 PM EET, Cathal Garvey <cathalgarvey at cathalgarvey.me> wrote:
>If the server code were open, how would you know the server was
>actually 
>running that code anyway? Having the protocol documented so thoroughly 
>makes the task of writing an alternative server trivial if 
>time-consuming. I'd obviously prefer the server were AGPL, and I hope 
>someone will write an AGPL'd server and federation.
>
>For now though, the client is open source, the crypto doesn't suck, the
>
>UX is excellent, and the threat model is pretty transparent. I'm
>*never* 
>going to inflict PGP on friends, but I'll happily inflict this on them.

Since this is mostly for synchronous communication, you can inflict jabber+otr, which has all the benefits you mention above.