Claim that 'Discord should not be used to develop 'free software''

Discord is often used as a communication platform for open source software development projects. However, Free Software (FOSS) promoter Drew DeVault warns that ``Discord should not be used for ``free software'' development projects.''

Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects
https://drewdevault.com/2021/12/28/Dont-use-Discord-for-FOSS.html

Discord is a communication app that allows users to freely create servers such as ``a server to discuss the game ○○'', ``a voice chat server for the ○○ enthusiast group'', and ``an official GIGAZINE server''. In addition to being able to have voice conversations, you can also upload files and live stream. Discord allows operations such as ``reporting software problems with screenshots'' and ``working on development while answering questions via live streaming'', so it is sometimes used by open source software developer communities.

However, DeVault argues that Discord should not be used as a community for free software development projects. To begin with, free software has a slightly different meaning from the so-called 'free software'; the Japanese word 'free software' mainly refers to 'free software', while 'free software' refers to 'free software'. 'Software that users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, modify, and improve.' The concept of free software is explained in detail on the following pages.

What is Free Software? - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.ja.html

The basic usage fee for Discord is free, but the source code of Discord itself is not made public, and the logs of chats and voice calls exchanged on Discord are managed by Discord. Also, unlike free software, where users are treated as 'members of the development community,' Discord users are treated as customers of Discord. For this reason, Mr. DeVault argues that ``Discord, which contradicts the idea of free software, should not be adopted as a community platform.''

DeVault also said, ``If we adopt Discord as a community platform, users who accept Discord will be given preferential treatment, and free software supporters who do not accept Discord will be treated poorly.'' ``Discord is a relatively heavyweight software, so , points out problems such as 'users with low-spec machines are excluded,' 'users with minority OSes that are not supported by Discord are excluded,' and 'users using Tor or VPN are excluded.' I am.

For developers looking to use Discord, DeVault recommends the IRC platform chat.sr.ht , the communication app Zulip that can be used like Discord, and the open source communication protocol matrix . We recommend using apps such as

In addition, Mr. DeVault also denies the use of proprietary services such as GitHub, Twitter, and YouTube for the same reasons as Discord, and recommends sourcehut and Codeberg instead of GitHub, Mastodon instead of Twitter, and PeerTube instead of YouTube. We recommend that you use it.