I couldn't find any forum/CMS web apps that support versioning, as having version imply group collaboration on a software/document project. The other required features you listed would be supported by most other popular forum/CMS web apps.
So, I would recommend phpBB. Just make sure you keep it patched and you subscribe to the phpBB security announcements list. You could install a versioning system like Subversion or CVS and use that to keep/manage versions of documents/presentations. You could also build whatever hooks you need between the versioning system and the forum/CMS system. HTH, John --- Ryan McCain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not concerened about what language the webapp is > written in. I'm looking for something that works > 90% out of the box. > > Here is a list of features I'm looking for: > -Polls > -Rating of documents > -Versioning (not required) > -Who's online > -Comments on posts > > > Thats basically it. Nothing too fancy.. > > 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] 05/15/05 1:07 PM >>> > 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! 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