[DotGNU]DotGNU Manifesto - Draft Version 0.3

[Norbert Bollow]

I have finally succeeded in writing a "DotGNU Manifesto" draft
which explains what DotGNU is all about without explicitly
mentioning a certain proprietary software company or any of
their products....


                       The DotGNU Manifesto

                         Draft Version 0.3
     This is NOT YET an official document of the DotGNU Project

  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.

  However, in today's networked economy the availability of such
  Free operating systems does not automatically mean that all
  computer users are able to do their work with Free Software, as
  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 the GNU Enterprise ERP
  (Enterprise Resource Planning) system, but DotGNU will also support
  the use of webservices to integrate business processes with any
  other system.


What do you all think about this?

Greetings, Norbert.

-- 
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Norbert Bollow, Weidlistr.18, CH-8624 Gruet (near Zurich, Switzerland)
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