[Savannah-hackers] Re: [Savannah] papagayo want to be a GNU package

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address@hidden <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,

> Submitter: <address@hidden>
> Project Full Name:  Papagayo
> Project System Name:  papagayo
> License:  gpl
> Approval URL: https://savannah.gnu.org/admin/groupedit.php?group_id=2167

> Description: The &quot;Papagayo&quot; project does a &quot;Super Portal in a 
> Box&quot;
>
> The origin of this project comes from the need of the &quot;Costa Rica
> Country Gateway&quot; to have a software application that can automate
> the installation, configuration and administration of the &quot;Super
> Portal&quot;
>
> The &quot;Super Portal&quot; is a site for Societies, that includes at
> least the following features:
>
> Operating System, DNS Management, Webserver, Email system, Mailing list,
> Digital Signature and evoting, Instant Messaging, Content Management
> System and other applications.
>
> After several comunications exchanges with Richard Stallman he offered
> his support to the project and commented about savannah. RMS is on the
> board of costarricense.com, the first site that will use the software,
> and an virtual identity universalization project.
>
> For detailed information please check: www.costarricense.com
> www.developmentgateway.org
>
> The free software version does not exist yet but we are working on it.

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