[CS-FSLUG] Christian FOSS News/Portal Site

[Tim Young]

I think it would be awesome.  One of the things that I think will need to
happen is making sure it is tied to "sister sites" similar to how sourceforge,
newsforge, and slashdot are all associated with each other.

For the purposes of this site, I would think that CODN.net, the Freely Project,
and ICTA.net are probably good ones to be somehow associated with.  (ICTA.net
is working on developing methodologies for Christian websites to connect to
each other a little easier.)  Any other sites that should be connected to from
the beginning?

    - Tim Young

Don Parris wrote:

> I'm just curious, does anyone think a Christian FOSS news/portal site
> is needed at this time?  Do you think there is enough "news" to
> warrant it?  There certainly are enough Christian FOSS projects to
> consider the idea.  But what about about a slahdot/christdot-styled
> site?
>
> News items could pertain to legal/moral/theological issues, Christian
> FOSS dev project releases, reviews of FOSS apps, how-to's, etc.  "Ads"
> for Christian FOSS apps could be sprinkled throughout the pages, thus
> providing a sort of marketing/outreach channel for Sword and other
> projects.  We could allow discussions on the articles, of course, and
> produce an RSS feed.  I think it would be really cool to try to
> provide multiple languages as well.
>
> Incidentally, I've met a LA-based webdesigner who is interested in
> participating in the Christian FOSS "movement" (if it can be called
> such).  He's written an article (I'll have to re-discover the link)
> about churches using proprietary software illegally, and points to
> FOSS as an alternative.  He's interested in the idea of a news/portal
> site, and has the will/skill to bring it on-line.  So, the question
> is, is there really a need at this time?
>
> Just curious as to everyone's reactions,
> DCP
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