On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 12:05 +0100, Shane M. Coughlan wrote:
Example: A standard member might be able to say that they are a 'member'of the GNU Business Network[...]
Before we jump in defining the GBN (that, as Georg stated, is not a priority for FSFE) I think we all need to take a step back and define clearly what makes a 'Free Software Business'. This morning I read yet-another-request on 451 Caos Theory: http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2006/06/19/what-is-an-open-source-co...
On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 10:40 +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
What we *can* do is define criteria that a business needs to meet to be called a "free software business".
So, what are these criteria? How about the definitions suggested here: http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/maffulli/rants/defining_free_software_business
I like to reason around 'ethics' and have suggested the following:
A company that daily accepts its social responsibility towards reaching freedom in the digital age, respecting the ideals contained in the GNU Manifesto.
but honestly I don't think it is fit, because it refers to the GNU Manifesto, that is too long and difficult to understand. Can we make a better version?
thanks stef