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.

Your comments please...

You are invited to add your comments concerning this at the appropriate page of the DotGNU Wiki