Replace ProtectedText with CryptPad #726

jonah · 2019-01-18T13:18:45Z

ansuz commented

2019-01-18 13:18:45 +00:00

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Hi,

this may be a contentious PR, since I'm one of the developers of the software being introduced, and the software being removed is ostensibly one of our competitors. I'm not trying to be inflammatory, but I think the change is in accordance with the spirit of the community.

Description

This PR introduces CryptPad as one of the three productivity tools, replacing ProtectedText.

It does so on the basis that:

CryptPad is open-source and can be self-hosted. We know of over 200 independent installations across the web, including some by members of notable privacy-friendly organizations such as the Chaos Computer Club and the Pirate Party of Germany. ProtectedText invites the user to read the source code via their browser's tools, but the full source code (including serverside components) is not readily available. CryptPad is released according to the terms of the AGPL, while ProtectedText does not specify a license. The Contributing Guidelines specify that products listed should be open-source, unless no software is available which meets the criteria.

CryptPad offers more functionality than ProtectedText, including a wider variety of editors, all of which offer multi-user real-time collaboration, and CryptDrive (an encrypted personal space for organizing your documents). The service is actively developed, free to use, and does not include adds or social media tracking.

Finally, CryptPad recently won the Next Generation Internet award for _Privacy and Trust-Enhanced Technologies.

I welcome any feedback regarding the changes.

Thanks for your consideration.

Hi, this may be a contentious PR, since I'm one of the developers of the software being introduced, and the software being removed is ostensibly one of our competitors. I'm not trying to be inflammatory, but I think the change is in accordance with the spirit of the community. ## Description This PR introduces [CryptPad](https://cryptpad.fr) as one of the three [productivity tools](https://www.privacytools.io/#productivity), replacing [ProtectedText](https://www.protectedtext.com/). It does so on the basis that: CryptPad is [open-source](https://github.com/xwiki-labs/cryptpad) and can be self-hosted. We know of over 200 independent installations across the web, including some by members of notable privacy-friendly organizations such as the Chaos Computer Club and the Pirate Party of Germany. ProtectedText invites the user to read the source code via their browser's tools, but the full source code (including serverside components) is not readily available. CryptPad is released according to the terms of the AGPL, while ProtectedText does not specify a license. The [Contributing Guidelines](https://github.com/privacytoolsIO/privacytools.io/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) specify that products listed should be open-source, unless no software is available which meets the criteria. CryptPad offers more functionality than ProtectedText, including a wider variety of editors, all of which offer multi-user real-time collaboration, and CryptDrive (an encrypted personal space for organizing your documents). The service is actively developed, free to use, and does not include adds or social media tracking. Finally, CryptPad recently [won the Next Generation Internet award for _Privacy and Trust-Enhanced Technologies](https://blog.cryptpad.fr/2018/11/13/CryptPad-receives-NGI-Startup-Award/). I welcome any feedback regarding the changes. Thanks for your consideration.

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jonah reviewed 2019-01-20 18:06:36 +00:00

ansuz commented

2019-01-21 12:46:34 +00:00

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I've updated my PR to take into account the refactoring of the canonical master branch. The semantic changes are as they were.

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jonah approved these changes 2019-01-21 14:39:16 +00:00

Vincevrp (Migrated from github.com) approved these changes 2019-01-22 21:04:21 +00:00

ansuz commented

2019-01-23 10:36:24 +00:00

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