{"id":4138,"date":"2019-03-27T08:25:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T07:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.credativ.de\/credativ\/our-involvement-in-oss\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T17:07:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:07:28","slug":"our-involvement-in-oss","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.credativ.de\/en\/credativ\/our-involvement-in-oss\/","title":{"rendered":"Our commitment to Open Source Software"},"content":{"rendered":" \n

As a clear advocate of Open Source Software<\/strong> (OSS), we also live “Open Source” within our company. This includes supporting our employees, who often participate in many different Open Source projects, in their private and voluntary work. Our colleagues can therefore also carry out parts of this Open Source work during their professional working hours. Of course, work for our customers always takes precedence for us. On the other hand, we also have companies in our customer base for whom we contribute to Open Source projects and solve problems or suggest features to the projects on their behalf. <\/p> \n \n

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Furthermore, as an employer, credativ\u00ae facilitates participation in international Open Source events and conferences, where our employees are often well-represented. Many of our employees are also globally sought-after Open Source experts as “speakers.” Examples include the annual DebConf<\/a> and various PostgreSQL-related conferences. <\/p> \n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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Understanding, Applying, and Developing Open Source<\/h2> \n \n

As a sponsor and active member of the international Linux Foundation<\/a> and the Open Source Business Alliance (OSBA)<\/a>, credativ\u00ae also supports many regular open source events and various open source projects and organisations. Since our foundation in 1999<\/a> alone, credativ\u00ae has supported over 200 events. The focus here is on, among other things, the exchange and further development of efficient open source software<\/strong> in order to make it usable for everyone and overcome obstacles.<\/p> \n \n

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For us, Open Source Software is also a crucial element of corporate and governmental digital sovereignty. Only by knowing or being able to verify what the deployed software does can one be certain that the vendor is not acting against the client’s interests. This verification is possible with Open Source Software, as the underlying source code is always open, and no one can easily revoke its use from the user. Moreover, Open Source Software prevents vendor lock-in, where one is subjected to a supplier’s arbitrary pricing. <\/p> \n\r\n

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We Continuously Evolve (Ourselves) For and With Clients<\/h2> \n \n

Many of our customers<\/a> also support our work within the open source community<\/strong> by feeding back open source developments commissioned by them back into the community. We are particularly pleased about this!<\/p> \n \n

Beyond our general involvement in the international Open Source scene, we also develop our own Open Source projects, which we make available worldwide free of charge under a very liberal Open Source license. You can find these projects on Github<\/a>. <\/p> \n\r\n

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“Freedom means not having a master. And in the area of computing, freedom means not using proprietary software.”, Richard Stallman in Gothenburg, Sweden, 2007<\/p> \n\r\n\r\n \n

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Empowering the Next Generation of Open Source Experts<\/h2> \n \n

As an excellent IHK-certified training company and a close partner of Hochschule Niederrhein, we foster the next generation by continuously training new, motivated Open Source experts, many of whom subsequently find their future workplace at credativ\u00ae. You can find our job vacancies<\/a> here. <\/p> \n \n

As you can see, we contribute significantly to the ongoing development of cutting-edge and powerful Open Source Software! We truly understand the principle of Open Source Software \u2013 we don’t just use it; we actively develop it! <\/p> \n \n

Do you have questions or wish to learn more? We are, of course, happy to provide you with a personal consultation<\/a>! <\/p> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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