Forum OpenACS Q&A: Starting a new project

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1: Starting a new project
Posted by Iuri Sampaio on 09/27/06 01:43 AM
I've browsed OACS site looking for info about policies, rules, laws and etc, that can explaing and show me the right way on how to start a new professional oacs project.

Although some links are broken, this one seems to me the main thread related to the subject:
https://openacs.org/forums/message-view?message_id=87885

Besides, it seems sort of old, i mean, ancient :), but i guess we didn't change the standard templates that much, did we?
Also, if there's some that could help out, i will be very glad.
by the way,
Rocael, your name is still on the papers as the one who I need to call, is that ok for you?

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2: Re: Starting a new project (response to 1)
Posted by Rocael Hernández Rizzardini on 09/27/06 05:28 PM
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3: Re: Starting a new project (response to 2)
Posted by Iuri Sampaio on 09/29/06 03:08 AM
so, i guess i can liberated play with oacs. ;)
thanks
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4: Re: Starting a new project (response to 3)
Posted by Jim Lynch on 10/04/06 02:15 AM
Yes, you can, you can get the pieces free:
  • aolserver (recommend 4.0.10 for now)
  • postgresql, either 7.4.something or 8.0.something (or oracle, but that's not exactly free)
  • openacs itself (a tarball of the core, or get what you want from cvs)
  • certain addons to aolserver and pg, notably nspostgres or nsoracle (may not have the exact name right) which lets aolserver interact with the database
See the installation instructions (version 5.2) for details, and post here as/when you want to ask questions.
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5: Re: Starting a new project (response to 4)
Posted by Iuri Sampaio on 10/04/06 06:13 AM
Thanks Jim,
I've been playing on oacs for a year.
I opened this thread because i wasn't aware about licenses, copyrights, rules laws and etc.

At that moment I was writing a proposal to develop a system using OACS framework, either peharps dotLRN.
I know it's open source but even here there are statements which should be follow.

Even to documentation in the future, keeping them as record. I usually check oacs forums. To me they are sort of a FAQ, howto, tutorials...,
but i guess everyone here is doing that.:)

Anyway I started to read about it, which made look at another sort of docs on OACS and learn a bit the documentation of OACS website.
The thread is open, anyone who wants to write about it about is very welcomed.

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6: Re: Starting a new project (response to 5)
Posted by Caroline Meeks on 10/06/06 10:34 PM
Hi Iuri,

We are trying to organize the knowlege in our forums into the wiki

As you learn things please add them to the wiki.

Thanks
https://openacs.org/xowiki/