OSR Policies and Recommended Strategies
Since its earliest design phases, one of the primary goals for FESF has been “interoperability.” Webster’s New World College Dictionary (4th Edition) as cited by collinsdictionary.com defines interoperability as
the ability of a system or
component to function effectively with other systems
or components.
Obviously, we (OSR and FESF Licensees) only control one side of the interoperability equation. This is important to recognize, because there’s literally no guarantee at all about the behaviors, quality, or even the basic engineering soundness of the components with which FESF might seek to interoperate.
In this document, we’ll briefly explore the vectors of interoperability. We’ll then describe OSR’s policies with respect to FESF interoperability, and our stance on support for interoperability issues. Because they are so important, we’ll focus separately on some of the issues raised by Cloud Storage Providers like OneDrive, Dropbox, and Box Sync.