Add source{d} to awesome-open-company list

marnovo commented 6 years ago

Add source{d} to opencompany/awesome-open-company list.

Given the description of an Open Company, seems we're eligible:

What is an open company?

An open company is defined, for the purposes of this list, as a for-profit organization whose core practices are guided by principles of openness, transparency and interoperability. This philosophy can be summarized by the maxim:

Share as much as possible, charge as little as possible.

derived from the original formulation by Gittip (now Gratipay).

In practice, this often means:

releasing its products as free and open source software, open content, or open source hardware

using open standards and inter-operable formats

developing its products openly, using public communication channels

publishing as much financial and operational data as possible, without compromising customer privacy.

etc.

The following pages provide a more detailed overview of this concept:

Open business: Wikipedia article

Open business: from the P2P Foundation wiki

From their inclusion guidelines, we might have to find the most appropriate pages to direct people to (Openness Pledge & Statement). Possibly the guide itself?

There's currently only one explicit requirement for adding a new company to the list, which is having a page or section on their website describing their commitment to openness and transparency as a core element of the company's operation (rather than as an additional practice parallel to their main business model).

This could be an "about" page, a dedicated "openness"/"transparency" page, a "values" page, or something else along those lines, and should be easily reachable -- either present in the main navigation menu, or otherwise reachable within 1-2 clicks from the home page. See the current list for examples.

Beyond that, the assessment is of course subjective. It can help to try answering the following questions:

Can this company be described as following the mantra "share as much as possible, charge as little as possible"?

Do they describe why they strive for openness, not merely how?

Do they practice several of the (applicable) example criteria described here?