[Ldsoss] LDS Opencontent Directory

[Richard K Miller]

On Jul 7, 2006, at 8:53 AM, Christopher Phillips wrote:

>> I am new to the list and was directed here by Richard Miller of  
>> the More Good Foundation in response to an email that I sent him  
>> yesterday, I pass it on for comment.  Richard, I'm sure that the  
>> group would love to hear your response and ideas in your reply to  
>> my original email...
>>
>

Here is what I originally wrote to Christopher about the idea of a  
Creative Commons repository for Church content:

> I think a repository of Creative Commons-licensed Church material  
> would be awesome.  An appropriate CC License would allow broad use  
> of the materials while protecting them from commercial interests or  
> any loss of ownership.
>
> If the Church allows this sort of use, I'll be happy to help setup  
> the repository.  In fact the webmaster for Donny.com has a side  
> project called ldsvault.com that might be the right place for  
> this.  He hasn't finished the site but I believe he envisions a  
> site full of free resources for teachers, members, etc.
>
> Have you heard of LDSOSS.org?  It's the "LDS Open Source Software"  
> group (unofficial).  It's mostly programmers talking about how open  
> source software can help the Church, but it might be a good place  
> to bring up the Creative Commons idea, which is essentially about  
> open source content.  If you don't bring it up there I think I  
> will.  =)
>
> The Church recently hired Tom Welch as the head of the Open Source  
> initiative, so I'll bet he'd be interested in hearing about this  
> too.  He frequents the LDSOSS list.
>
> I think this is a good idea worth pursuing.
>
> Richard