die opengroup hat eine erklärung zur freiheit der (it) entwickler veröffentlicht. ein diskutables papier, welches hier nachgelesen werden kann. die sechs thesen der erklärung sind:
1. The ability for all to access and contribute information, ideas, and knowledge is essential in an inclusive IT industry.
2. Open architecture is central in achieving the goal of IT inclusion, enabling universal, sustainable, ubiquitous, and affordable IT access by all.
3. Open standards create more options to address IT needs, generate new computing models that bring improved integration across business processes and industries, and give rise to new development tools that emphasize collaboration and community.
4. All developers have the right to self-determination, and, by virtue of that right, they have a choice between many possible software solutions to best satisfy their IT needs
5. The subjection – or “lock-in” – of developers to single-vendor technology constitutes a denial of self-determination, is inherently monopolistic, limits choice, artificially raises prices, stifles innovation, and contradicts the underlying goals of an inclusive IT industry: freedom of choice and independence for all.
6. Cooperation among all developers is called for to increase awareness, adoption, and protection of open standards as an essential building block of a fair and competitive IT industry.
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