On-going in different articles we have mentioned community-oriented and -driven software. So within this article we want to give an overview what and how we understand this phrase.

We understand the mentioned phrase and wording to be used for free, libre and permissive licensed software-projects being most time only developed within a community of people, not with any kind of company and / or corporation behind. A trademark included is under these conditions most time used only to protect the project itself and not to misuse it further against interested individuals or groups to modify, build and share the software itself.

Hyperbola is defining free, libre software and culture in combination with a ground base of altruism. This means also that people are acting on behalf for their own good but also the good of the group and community. Using this understanding means that free, libre software is done on behalf for the good of all beings to have data and information in their own hands and to have also full control of their system. We call this technical emancipation!

Per definition any company and / or corporation has no common understanding of ethics and moral, also no understanding to protect the privacy and security for the greater good of all beings. Acting on behalf of laws does not automatically include acting per definition good or morally intact following ethical standards. So Hyperbola concluded as project that the inclusion of projects with a corporate background is not following our definition and understanding of what free, libre software should grant.