Open Publishing Edition of NGO-in-a-Box Launched

Lots of Resources!
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Subject: [bytesforall_readers] Open Publishing Edition of NGO-in-a-Box
Launched
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:10:59 -0700
From: George Lessard <media@web.net>
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To: L8 Media Mentor <mediamentor@yahoogroups.com>, L9 NetGold
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The Tactical Technology Collective has launched the next edition in
it's NGO-in-a-box series, the Open Publishing Box. The Open
Publishing edition of NGO-in-a-box is a toolkit of free and open
source software, tutorials and guides for producing, publishing and
distributing content. The edition, produced by Tactical Tech in
collaboration with iCommons, is aimed at small to medium sized non-
profits, independent media organisations, free culture creators and
grassroots journalists with a particular emphasis on those in
developing and transition countries.

http://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org <http://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org>;

The contents of the toolkit were selected by an editorial team made
up of leading international practitioners working in DIY publishing,
free culture, technology for social justice and the development and
deployment of free and open source software.

The Open Publishing Box covers the following areas:

* Desktop publishing
* Graphic design, fonts and image manipulation
* Web publishing including wikis, content management systems and
blogging
* Citizen journalism and participatory media
* Open content licensing and the commons

The Open Publishing Box is distributed quite literally as a box-set
of three CDs. The first CD is the compilation put together by the
edition editorial team, the second is the GNU/Linux distribution
Ubuntu and the third is the OpenCD, a collection of basic FOSS
programmes for Windows.

The primary aims of the Open Publishing Edition of NGO-in-a-box are to:

* Provide a selection of tools and materials for NGOs, activists
and journalists for the purposes of open publishing, open content
licensing and participatory media making.
* Create a toolkit that brings together a cross-section of
approaches to the broad area of publishing for the non-profit sector.
* Encourage and promote the growth and use of free and open
source tools for these activities; assisting with choice, testing,
and access barriers.
* Promote the ethics and potential of free culture and the
development of the commons.

This edition goes hand-in-hand with the Audio/Video Edition of NGO-in-
a-box <http://audiovideo.ngoinabox.org
<http://audiovideo.ngoinabox.org>;>, creating a comprehensive
peer reviewed, tried and tested free and open source multimedia
toolkit for non-profits, activists, and grassroots journalists.

The edition is available online at <http://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org
<http://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org>;>
and most importantly as a physical box set of CDs. If you are
interested in receiving a copy please email us at
openpublishing-edition@ngoinabox.org
<mailto:openpublishing-edition%40ngoinabox.org>

See also:

Scribus
Selected Software
http://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org/node/12
<http://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org/node/12>;
Scribus is a cross-platform open source page layout programme.
Originally developed on Linux, Scribus also runs on MacOSX and
Windows.
Scribus can be used to create layouts for newsletters, stationery,
posters, training manuals, technical documentation, business cards
and other documents that need flexible layout and/or sophisticated
image handling.
Languages:
Scribus is available in over 20 languages. For more information on
Scribus translations follow this link.
http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=translation_howto
<http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=translation_howto>;

Inkscape
Selected Software
http://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org/node/13
<http://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org/node/13>;
Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor with capabilities
similar to Illustrator, Freehand or CorelDraw. It uses the Scalable
Vector Graphics (SVG) file format and supports SVG features such as
shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms,
gradients, patterns, and grouping.

GIMPShop
Selected Software
http://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org/node/15
<http://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org/node/15>;
GIMPShop is a version of the GIMP FOSS image editor that has been
modified to be more user-friendly for Photoshop users.
The menu structure and terminology are adapted to look and feel more
like Photoshop and act more like a single programme rather than
multiple little programmes.
Languages:
German, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish,
Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, English.

FontForge
Selected Software
http://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org/node/17
<http://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org/node/17>;
FontForge is an outline font editor that lets you create your own
fonts or edit existing ones. It also lets you convert one format to
another.

FontForge is a fairly sophisticated and advanced programme but it is
possible for beginners to create basic fonts.
Languages:
English, Russian, Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish, Vietnamese,
Greek, Simplified Chinese, German, Polish.

Nvu
Selected Software
http://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org/node/25
<http://openpublishing.ngoinabox.org/node/25>;
Nvu is a Web authoring system similar to Dreamweaver or FrontPage
that allows you to manage and create websites. Nvu allows WYSIWYG
(What you see is what you get) editing of pages, making Web creation
as easy as typing with your word processor.
Languages:
Nederlands, Deutsch, Dansk, Slovensko, Slovensky, Castellano,
Russian, Suomi, French, Catalan.

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