Best Practices for Secure, Accessible, Localized, Inclusive Technologies

Shared resources developed by NGI Zero

NGI Zero supports the development of free and open source projects that contribute to the Next Generation Internet. Not only financially but also with practical support to improve the quality and maturity of the projects. Support is offered by the NGI Zero coalition partners who have expert knowledge in their own specialized domains ranging from security to legal to standardization. The lessons learned and best practices developed by the NGI Zero partners are publicly available for everyone to learn from and build on.

Best practices guide accessibility and inclusive design

Knowledge about accessibilty is provided by HAN University. The guides linked below were created as part of the NGI Zero programme. But HAN has made much more resources available at their Accessibility Lab.

• How to Build Accessible Websites with Local Open-Source AI Coding Tools
• Guide: Insights, using AI for web accessibility
• Guide to XR accessibility
• How to create accessible video content
• Creating an accessible presentation
• How to Build Accessible Websites with Local Open-Source AI Coding Tools

Internationalization

• Guidance for localization and internationalization of software, multimedia content and websites by Translate House

Security

• Starter on everyday operational security by Radically Open Security

Standardization

• Documentation about software standardization and how the process of standardizing works by the Network Security Group of ETH Zürich

Diversity & inclusion

• Diversity and Inclusion Guide by Maja Kraljic

Human organization & sustainability

• Resources for Free Software by Petites Singularités and the Center for Cultivation of Technology

Legal

• Questions and answers about forking and trademarks by ifrOSS
• Frequently Asked Questions on free software licensing by Free Software Foundation Europe

FSFE with the help of ifrOSS have prepared the following best practices and tutorials on software licensing, compliance, trademarks:

• Best Practices for Software Licensing
• Compliance Workflow
• REUSE Initiative Tutorial
• Free Software Contribution Policy
• Free Software Licenses and Compatibility Matrix
• Trademark Policy Guidelines
• Free Software Licensing Frequently Asked Questions and Background Information
• EU Export Control Regime and Free Software
• Free Software and AI openness: Overcoming challenges in the licensing world

Acknowledgements

NGI Zero is made possible with financial support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology. NGI Zero receives funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreements No 825310, 825322, 101069594, 101070519, 101092990 and 101135429.