Ryan, You have a lot of choices. What programming languages would you want to support?
For instance, I would recommend phpBB, but if you would want to extend it, you would need to know PHP. Likewise, LifeRay is another nice CMS webapp, but it is written in Java. Also, if you could list a number of desired features you would want in a CMS system, that would be helpful in finding the right app. John --- Ryan McCain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John, > > Thanks for all that info. > > All, > > I am looking for a web app that allows basic > versioning, rating, etc. Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Ryan > > -------------------------------------- > > Ryan McCain > Northrop Grumman Corporation > Linux System Administrator 3 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: 225.219.0556 > Fax: 225.219.0540 > > Registered Linux User #364609 > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/14/05 1:51 PM >>> > Ryan, > > First, let me say that opensourcepresentations.org > is > a great idea, and one that is sorely needed. > Concerning how the site should be architected; you > may > want to take a look at how tldp.org is laid out. > Also, > I recommend using one of the forum/CMS webapps as a > base for your site, as it has lots of tools on it > you > might need, like forums, file downloads/uploads, > account management, etc. Here's a good place to > start > browsing for what is out there: > http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=forum§ion=projects&Go.x=0&Go.y=0 > > Second, I agree with Joey Kelly's point that authors > will not want to give up their copyright on original > works. You may not realize it, but when authors > release a work under the GNU Free Documentation > License > (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#FDL), > they > do not necessarily give up their copyright: > > from the GNU FDL > (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html#SEC4): > > To use this License in a document you have written, > include a copy of the License in the document and > put > the following copyright and license notices just > after > the title page: > > Copyright (c) YEAR YOUR NAME. > > What the GNU FDL does is give an author a set of > licensing terms specifying that readers _can_ > immediately copy and derive further works from the > original, _provided_ those derived works are also > licensed under the GNU FDL. This required provision > is > a major source of debate ("GPL vs. BSD") concerning > what freedom really means, but ultimately the > decision > is up to the author of the work. > > The original intent of copyright was to give the > public the right to copy written works after 15(?) > years, but of course now the meaning of copyright > has > been morphed way beyond the original intent (75 > years > beyond the life of the author, I think is the > current > definition of copyright). > > I can understand how you would want to retain > control > of the copyright with only good intentions; to > ensure > fair use, etc. But I think most authors would prefer > to retain control of the copyright, even those who > license their work under the GNU FDL. If you take a > look at the HOWTOS, you will see that most of them > are > licensed under the GNU FDL, but the copyright > belongs > to the author of the document. You could _offer_ the > option of letting contributors give > opensourcepresentations.org the copyright for > presentations. > > You might also want to offer contributors the > capability of licensing their works under one of the > Creative Commons license, which embraces the concept > of open source while offering more choices than the > FSF does: > http://creativecommons.org/ > > Finally, you may want to offer some resources to > authors for creating presentations. I'm currently > fascinated with http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ for > creating lite-weight Flash based presentations. Wink > would be great for showing newbies how to do various > tasks on the Linux desktop that they may not be > familiar with. I can easily imagine lots of other > uses. > > John > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
