Co-ment
Encyclopedia
co-ment is an online word processor
Word processor
A word processor is a computer application used for the production of any sort of printable material....

 allowing collaborative work on text writing. It's the descendant of the tool created to handle the GNU GPL
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....

 version 3 online revision. It is freely available under Affero GPL
Affero General Public License
The Affero General Public License, often abbreviated as Affero GPL and AGPL , refers to two distinct, though historically related, free software licenses:...

.

Description

Co-ment allows many to collaboratively elaborate online texts. It offers a
wiki-style editing environment, supporting many syntaxes, and allows some finely controlled
layouts, including table or images.

Its main interest is its comment feature, allowing users to
attach their remarks to sharp extracts of text, leading to a text
building procedure based on strong and equipped debates.

Advanced comment navigation features are also provided to help discover
new annotations or go through the history of a debate. It's also
possible to set up email alerts on text edits or new comments.

Co-ment is fitted with many import/export formats support : TXT, DOC, ODT,
HTML. Co-ment has a special focus on layout respect of exported file types.

Sources

It is available as a free web service, extended by pro accounts following
the WordPress
WordPress
WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and publishing platform powered by PHP and MySQL. It is often customized into a content management system . It has many features including a plug-in architecture and a template system. WordPress is used by over 14.7% of Alexa Internet's "top 1...

 model.
Source code is available on the co-ment.org website, and it's also bundled
as a Drupal
Drupal
Drupal is a free and open-source content management system and content management framework written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 1.5% of all websites worldwide ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and...

 module.

Usages

Some of the greatest use cases of co-ment are for education, in
particular first language and literature teaching in secondary education.

As stated in the introduction, co-ment is inspired by the tool created to handle the online revision of the GPL v3, and have been since used for other licenses such as : Mozilla Public License
Mozilla Public License
The Mozilla Public License is a free and open source software license. Version 1.0 was developed by Mitchell Baker when she worked as a lawyer at Netscape Communications Corporation and version 1.1 at the Mozilla Foundation...

, Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...



Co-ment is also used for legal works, for administrative works or for advocacy works
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