Skip to content
Snippets Groups Projects
Verified Commit ca25e371 authored by Nik | Klampfradler's avatar Nik | Klampfradler
Browse files

Add contribution note about proprietary services

Inspired by @jakobkir in chat.
parent c2ce6f5c
No related branches found
No related tags found
No related merge requests found
Pipeline #290 passed
......@@ -82,6 +82,26 @@ giving the user control over these decisions is not possible. Developers
need to decide what should resonably be followed.
The case on supporting non-free services
----------------------------------------
Defined by the `Free Software Definition`_, it is an essential freedom to
be allowed to use free software for any purpose, without limitation. Thus,
interoperability with non-free services shall not be ruled out, and the
BiscuIT project explicitly welcomes implementing support for
interoperability with non-free services.
However, to purposefullt foster free software and services, if
interoperability for a certain kind of non-free service is implemented, this
must be done in a generalised manner (i.e. using open protocols and
interfaces). For example, if implementing interoperability with some
cloud-hosted calendar provider can be implemented either through a
proprietary API, or through a standard iCalendar/Webcal interfaces, the
latter is to be preferred. Lacking such support, if a proprietary service
is connected through a proprietary, single-purpose interface, measures shall
be taken to also support alternative free services.
Text documents
--------------
......@@ -105,4 +125,5 @@ licence possible.
.. _Sane software manifesto: https://sane-software.globalcode.info/
.. _Accessibility Manifesto: http://accessibilitymanifesto.com/
.. _User Data Manifesto: https://userdatamanifesto.org/
.. _Free Software Definition: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html
.. _reStructuredText: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html
0% Loading or .
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment