April 20th 2023: the fourteenth draft adds new requirements for portability and tests and an introduction to each criterion.
- New requirement in Create reusable and portable code about the development being a collaboration between multiple parties.
- New requirement in Create reusable and portable code about being dependent on a single vendor.
- New requirement in Use continuous integration about publishing results for automated tests.
- Differentiating the two requirements about security to clearly be about providing a method and having documentation about it.
- Rephrased requirements to focus on the codebase rather than contributor behavior.
- Removed the sections Why this is important and What this does not do and replaced with an introduction in each criterion.
- Added general What this does not do section in the introduction of the Standard.
- Added guidance for public policy makers about related policies and license compatibility.
- Added guidance for developers and designers about version controlling files.
- Clarified guidance for developers and designers about prompt responses and search engine optimization.
- Added Further reading about accessibility.
- Aligned criteria URLs with criteria names.
- Improved navigation in the web version.
- Moved tools in Further reading sections to the community implementation guide.
- Moved compliance or certification process to publiccode.net.
- Change format of the review template to make it easier to update after a new release.
- Improved the text on the landing page and added links to related resources.
- Added spell checker automated test.
- Made minor changes to text for clarity and consistency.
- Moved SPDX headers to yaml header.
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Jan Ainali, Codebase Steward