RE: [eclipse.org-planning-council] Accessibility requirement for Galileo

["Oberhuber, Martin" <Martin.Oberhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: Accessibility requirement for Galileo

Hi Karsten,

 

If your company actually contributes the resources (people) to make this new "must do" happen, I'm all for it.

 

Without any resources, I can't see how my project could ever commit to this that late in the game.

 

Cheers,

--

Martin Oberhuber, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Wind River

Target Management Project Lead, DSDP PMC Member

http://www.eclipse.org/dsdp/tm

 

 

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From: eclipse.org-planning-council-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:eclipse.org-planning-council-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Schmidt, Karsten
Sent: Mittwoch, 25. März 2009 09:11
To: eclipse.org-planning-council
Cc: Wenz, Michael; Meigen,Thomas; Kolb, Bernd
Subject: [eclipse.org-planning-council] Accessibility requirement for Galileo

Hi all,

sorry that I address this topic so late - I simply missed it somehow.

Accessibility is currently only a "Should do" requirement.

Apart from the social aspect there is also a legal one: for exampl, in some countries, specifically the US, public agencies may not purchase software that is not accessible.

SAP and many others are building commercial products on Eclipse that also address public institutions. We have to satisfy the relevant Accessibility regulations in the US, the EU and other areas.

Therefore I propose to move Accessibility to "Must do".

What do you think?

Best regards
  Karsten

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