User:Alexander Atari Astronaut Akademos Andromeda/Open Source eschewal policy

Introduction
The policy is meant to be implemented by organizations that want to either emphasize software quality or protect the software labor market or both.

In the software industry Open Source Software can be seen to pose a certain risk concerning the software quality and thus a certification to avoid that risk may be interesting for customers.

Certification
The organization must implement one of the three following options:
 * 1) Self-certification: In this case the organization should mark each product that is free from Open Source with a label that clearly states that the product is free from Open Source. The recommended sign is a prohibition sign containing a penguin.
 * 2) External certification: In this case the organization should seek external certification for each product.
 * 3) Full certification: In this case the organization should seek external certification that the organization is free from Open Source in all its internal processes, projects and possible products.

Academic Source

 * 1) Academic software originating purely from universities as a product of their scientific work (but not students homework or other student-initiated projects) should be considered Academic Source, not Open Source. Academic Source, however, should not be used in commercial products either, or, if it is intended to be used, should be licensed properly from its respective owners, the universities, professors or lecturers. Ownership may be subject to local jurisdiction or contracts of the respective university.