Brainstorming ...
We are (a global community | an (open | inclusive | transparent community)) of developers, and users, from individuals to small businesses to institutions, that cooperatively (develops and implements | builds, maintains, and supports | develops | provides | produces) the OpenACS platform of free and open source software for dynamic web sites.
We believe:
The Internet enhances collaboration, communication, community and knowledge transfer
Powerful websites and the means to create them should be universally available and accessible.
A free web development platform comprising a community-oriented base and reusable modules is the best way to provide this.
OpenACS can and should be the best available example of this approach
wrestling with one more bullet point along the lines of
- developers and users should contribute back to the community (except that the inability to contribute back should never prevent anyone from using OpenACS ...)
- It should be possible to make a living from OpenACS development while supporting this mission and contributing code back
