As an open source strategy consultant, I always encourage my clients to endorse key values of open…

As an open source strategy consultant, I always encourage my clients to endorse key values of open source. The United Nations has consolidated these values into The UN Open Source Principles:

1. Open by default: Making Open Source the standard approach for projects

2. Contribute back: Encouraging active participation in the Open Source ecosystem

3. Secure by design: Making security a priority in all software projects

4. Foster inclusive participation and community building: Enabling and facilitating diverse and inclusive contributions

5. Design for reusability: Designing projects to be interoperable across various platforms and ecosystems

6. Provide documentation: Providing thorough documentation for end-users, integrators and developers

7. RISE (recognize, incentivize, support and empower): Empowering individuals and communities to actively participate

8. Sustain and scale: Supporting the development of solutions that meet the evolving needs of the UN system and beyond.

So naturally I also elected to endorse these values, myself, as they strongly represent the way I look at, understand, practice, and advise on open source activities.

If you want to also endorse these values, you can click on this link to go to the form to do so.

This same link is also available by following the link in this article on the UN web site : which informs us that the Open Source Initiative (OSI) was the first to endorse these principles.