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License: gpl
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Package: Freeform Open Publishing Sys.
System name: freeform
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Freeform is an collection of CGIs and utilities for Open Publishing websites.  
It\'s design goal is to have as much control as possible given to the general 
audience of the site without compromising security or accessability of the 
information it contains.  

While it was designed for Independent Media Centers (Indymedia) it could be 
quite useful by any number of different organizations which promote Open 
Publishing and Free Software.  Unlike other OP codebases Freeform doesn\'t rely 
on non-free software and only supports free media formats, converting non-free 
formats when uploaded by users to JPEG, OGG, etc.  Several users of our website 
have commented that it\'s also easier to use than other OP codebases because of 
it\'s simplicity.

Currently Freeform requires Python, MySQL, ImageMagick, Vorbistools, and either 
Abisae or Apache for a webserver.  PostgreSQL support is planned but is not 
currently in high demand.  Icecast2 and IceS are needed for ogg streaming, but 
is not required for general use.

It already exists and will be uploaded to CVS soon.  It can be seen in action 
at http://ithaca.indymedia.org/.