[TriLUG] open source god

[Tim Jowers]

Non-profits are big business! Not-for-profits are even bigger!

I saw several open source church efforts when I surveyed all open
source in 2006. They were nascent but serious. I know several churches
now use Joomla!.

TimJowers


On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Shawn Hartsock <hartsock at acm.org> wrote:
> It turns out http://www.liferay.com/ was a project started with nearly
> the same charter. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liferay#History
> the Liferay logo is even designed to bring to mind a stained glass
> window.
>
> Profiles of Liferay supporters and contributors such as this one:
> http://www.liferay.com/web/josh/profile ... show that the product's
> focus is still very much in the non-profit sector. In fact I sought to
> have a Liferay product customized for commercial use and ran into a
> road block... we were a for *profit* organization and the Liferay
> company seems to prefer working with non-profits.
>
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Jim Ray <jim at neuse.net> wrote:
>> I want to start an internet based church to promote threaded discussions
>> on all the different flavors of god. I've met too many folks with too
>> many colors of skin with too many different countries of origin with too
>> many different religions and too many different names for god that I
>> really, really, really believe we're all talking about the same thing
>> using different words. Promoting an understanding and open discussion is
>> what my religion has called me to do.
>>
>> Are there any canned open source applications for starting the First
>> Church of the Internet (or whatever the name will be that won't exclude
>> anyone from any religion or no religion at all) that will mimic things
>> like Facebook and MySpace?
>>
>> I'm thinking Wiki and keep it simple so Dreamhost one click install will
>> start the church with no money, no tithe, no salary for preacher and no
>> registration fee.
>>
>> It would be great to stream videos from small rural churches that might
>> not have the budgets of the larger churches and give them a forum to
>> share. I am currently working with one church now so they can post a
>> link to their web-based Video over IP camera, and folks on the Wiki (or
>> whatever is appropriate) may take part in their service without
>> physically being present.
>>
>> Comments on open source solutions most welcome.
>>
>> With God as my witness I am
>>
>> Jim
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