The DotGNU Manifesto
Version 1.0
The motto of the DotGNU project is "GNU Freedom for the Internet".
The GNU Project seeks to develop a complete Unix-like operating
system which is Free Software. This objective has been reached:
GNU/Linux and GNU/Hurd are available for computer users today.
In today's networked economy there is often a need to interoperate
with other systems. The goal of the DotGNU project is to make sure
that this will not stop anyone from using a GNU/Linux or GNU/Hurd
system.
We want an internet where
* The various computers communicate with each other using
protocols for which specifications are available that can
be freely copied and redistributed, and which can be freely
implemented in GPL'd Free Software.
* Businesses can form alliances with each other, and use
webservices to integrate their business processes with
each other, without fear of losing their freedom through
"lock in" situations of any kind.
* When working on software that implements business systems
of any kind, the programmers have every freedom to do this
task using a GNU/Linux or GNU/Hurd system and development
tools which are Free Software.
In addition, the DotGNU project was born out of a vision to
create a viable Free Software industry, where developers can get
paid fairly for working on Free Software. We want to encourage
the formation of Free Software businesses which use one of
DotGNU's group interaction systems, i.e. phpGroupWare or Forum,
as their primary system for internal communication, and which use
DotGNU webservices to integrate this communication system with all
business processes.
The DotGNU project encourages use of GNU Enterprise, which is the
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system of the GNU project, but
DotGNU will also support the use of webservices to integrate
business processes with any other system.
You are invited to add your comments concerning this at the appropriate page of the DotGNU Wiki
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This page is maintained by Norbert Bollow <nb@SoftwareEconomics.biz> with support from the DotGNU Developers mailing list.