Free ITIL®
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The Free ITIL Movement is an informal community for those who wish to support the following proposition:
We the supporters of the Free ITIL Movement call upon the Cabinet Office of Her Majesty's UK Government to honour the spirit of the government's policy on transparency and public data, and the letter of the United Kingdom Government Licencing Framework (UKGLF), by releasing the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) under the terms of the Open Government Licence (OGL).
So far 2.5% of those reading this page have gone on to sign the petition. C'mon folks! Get with it! Here's why:
The OGL is a new licence introduced by the new UK government to open up public data. Supposedly tax-payer-funded products of the government are supposed to be released back to the public as a commons resource.
"free as in free speech not free as in free beer"
ITIL is a body of knowledge that has a huge international user community. Over a million people have been trained in it. That community
- contribute much of the content
- review all the content
- translate all the content
- did all the marketing, and still do most of it
- ran the international roadshow in 2007 to release the latest version to the world
- continue to operate the only useful communities
We hope that the UK Government will take this opportunity to make a major contribution to IT efficiency and effectiveness worldwide by releasing ITIL back to that community because:
- ITIL will otherwise eventually be over-run by other frameworks with a more enlightened attitude to creating a community of open content
- Developing countries are constrained in their ability to access the content which costs about five hundred pounds per copy, and to access training which costs thousands of pounds to attend
- ITIL is currently entangled in contractual and licensing constraints that led the UK's Office of Public Sector Information to remark " ...this begs the question as to why [OGC] sponsors the publication of proprietary IT service management guides"
The OGC has already collected royalties on a million certifications, hundreds of thousands (millions?) of books, and many trademark licences and product certifications. I think it is safe to say they have covered costs. Besides setting ITIL free doesn't mean making it free. People will still buy the books, just not because they have to, not as often, and not at monopolistic prices. Vendors will still certify their products, companies will still use accredited trainers, and another million people will be certified.
We think ITIL content should be open content available for reuse in the same way that the similar Microsoft Operating Framework is already (it uses the Creative Commons licence). OGC would retain control of the ITIL trademark, protecting the brand (which must be acknowledged every time the open content is used). We think this should not constrain trainers from providing un-accredited training about ITIL (let the buyer decide if accreditation is important), consultants from using ITIL in their own products (thereby further promoting usage and sales of ITIL), and authors from adding value to the ITIL body of knowledge.
By opening up ITIL, Her Majesty's Government will make a major contribution to the IT industry worldwide, will entrench ITIL's preeminent position, and will encourage the community to willingly contribute volunteer content and labour to OGC's products into the future.
Please, free ITIL®. Someone has to govern the ITIL brand to keep all users honest.
But they should be free to use it honestly.
Not convinced? Here's more on why this is a good idea.
If you support this idea, send your views to the UK Government here by joining our petition.
195 Petitioners as at 30th July 2011
Rob England | Porirua | New Zealand |
Maarten de Bruin | Zoetermeer | The Netherlands |
Jurgen de Vries | Rotterdam | The Netherlands |
Kory G. Smith | Woodway, WA | USA |
Shaun McNulty | Walton on Thames | United Kingdom |
Martin Behrmann | Berlin | Germany |
Antonio Valle Salas | Barcelona | SPAIN |
Mauricio Corona | Mexico City | Mexico |
Kevin Clark | Blackburn, Victoria | Australia |
Vladimir Tarasoff | Riga | Latvia |
Ali Parvaresh | Tehran | Iran |
Rhett Glauser | Solana Beach, CA | USA |
Marjace benson | minneapolis, mn | united states |
Anatoliy Pavlyuchenko | Boryspil | Ukraine |
Michael Heldstab | Zurich | Switzerland |
Helen Morris | Milton Keynes | UK |
Dave D'Agostino | Beaconsfield | UK |
Ronald Brugmans | Valkenswaard | Nederland |
Carlos Gonzalez | Haro | Spain |
Jozef Kotlár | Bratislava | Slovakia |
Annelise Savill | Norwich | UK |
Osama Salah | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates |
Christopher M. Dancy | Denver | USA |
Patrick Bolger | Ruislip | United Kingdom |
Michael Sly | Kettering, OH | USA |
Dr Salam Hoshang | Choburi | Thailand |
Aale Roos | Helsinki | Finland |
Koen Vandeghinste | Haacht | Belgium |
E.s. Francke | Delft | The Netherlands |
Birtles Cymon | Boncelles | Belgium |
Kenneth David Simpson | Kingston, ACT | Australia |
Dave Bremer | Dunedin | New Zealand |
Michel Regueiro | Geneva | Switzerland |
Ian Marr | Sevenoaks | UK |
Mateusz Jasny | Krakow | POLAND |
Chris Rose | Wallan, Victoris | Australia |
Geert Antheunis | Mechelen | Belgium |
Joao Galdino Mello de Souza | Sao Paulo, SP | Brazil |
Marcin Trofimiuk | Warsaw | Poland |
Oleg Skrynnik | Moscow | Russia |
Richard Griffiths | West Midlands | UK |
Andrey Radoselsky | Moscow | Russian Federation |
Roman Vykhodov | Yaroslavl | Russia |
Mikhail | Rostov-on-Don | Russia |
Eric Bacci | Godalming | UK |
Mark De Witt | Calgary, Alberta | Canada |
John Finnerty | Toronto, ON | canada |
John E. Jasinski | Minneapolis, MN | USA |
Gregory Tucker | Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-kan | Japan |
Gregory Tucker | Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken | Japan |
Reinhardt A Botha | Port Elizabeth | South Africa |
Teregulov Konstantin | Moscow | Russia |
Martin de Lange | Johannesburg | South Africa |
B.J.L. Hagen | Den Hoorn, Zuid-Holland | the Netherlands |
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Daniel Cayouette | Ottawa, Ontario | Canada |
Christopher Clemenson | West Fargo, ND | United States |
Dmitry Isaychenko | Moscow | Russia |
Anne Plancius | Tiel | Netherlands |
Dennis de Vre | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
Vladimir Buevich | Moscow | Russia |
Daniël van Wijgerden | Delft, Zuid-Holland | The Netherlands |
Walter van Eijk | Zwijndrecht | Netherlands |
Stuart Humes | Bognor Regis | UK |
Ivan Erdos | Santa Clara, CA | USA |
Matthew Povey | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
Rishi Nicolai | Gordon | AU |
John Wills | Guelph ON | Canada |
Ken Holmes | Belper | United Kingdom |
Andrew | Moscow | Russia |
Dan Kane | Ramsey, MN | United States |
Jerome Pearce | Farnborough | Hants |
Roman Jouravlev | Moscow | Russia |
Fedoseyev Ruslan | Moscow | Russia |
Philip Neufeld | Fresno, CA 93722 | USA |
Daniel Rancourt | North Bay, Ontario | Canada |
Andrey Teplyakov | Kazan | Russia |
Satyendra Kumar | Bangalore/Chennai | INDIA |
Geir Isene | OSLO | Norway |
Erkka Suopanki | Helsinki | Finland |
Antonio Sänchez | Coslada, Madrid | Spain |
Michael Brenner | Munich | Germany |
William Gordon | Marton | New Zealand |
Matt Haggerty | Oak Park, Il | USA |
Glenn O'Donnell | Palmerton, PA | United States |
Piet Beek | Maastricht | %profile[profile_country]Nederland |
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Bart Van Brabant | Genk | Belgium |
Stephen Brown | New Brighton, MN | USA |
G. David Vega M. | Cambridge | New Zealand |
James Norris | London | United Kingdom |
Melanie Wilson | Ottawa, ON | Canada |
Juan Rey | Zaragoza | Spain |
Patti Camilo | Honeoye Falls, NY | usa |
Greg Green | South Jordan | USA |
Alick Wilson | Wellington | New Zealand |
Nick Wilson | London | New Zealand |
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Michael James McConkey | Cincinnati | Unites States of America |
Alex Sherman | Shepperton | UK |
Klaus Dörner | D-40625 Düsseldorf | DE |
Silvestre Simões de Oliveira | Belo Horizonte | Brazil |
Fulvio Civitareale | São Paulo | Brazil |
Daniel Jorge Quinones | New York, New York | USA |
Luis Claudio de S. Alberto | Belo Horizonte-MG | Brasil |
Diego Pérez Montes | Ourense | Spain |
Michael Martin | Tucson, AZ | USA |
Evan Carlson | Morristown | USA |
Mauro Norberto Heine | Porto Alegre/RS | Brazil |
Randy Michael | Waleska, GA | USA |
Greg McKone | Abbotsford, BC | Canada |
Patrick Kabongo Biselela | Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of Congo |
Heman Smith | Mona | UT |
Robert de koning | Utrecht | Netherlands |
Jaspinder Dhaliwal | Birmingham | United Kingdom |
Danijel Bozic | Zagreb | Croatia |
Arjen Droog | Lunteren | Netherlands |
Damian Acuna | Villa Alemana | Chile |
Won Lee | Austin, TX | USA |
Clever Trindade | Belo Horizonte / MG | Brasil |
Stephen Cobb | Nashua | USA |
M.r. Waterlander | Houten | THE Netherlands |
Bob Grinsell | Apple Valley, MN | USA |
Donna Ravenhill | London | England |
Andrew Briggs | Rushdnen | England |
Douglas J. Renze | Des Moines, IA 50311 | USA |
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Fernando Valdemar Baldin | Curitiba, Paraná | Brasil |
Scott Whitten | Milford, New Hampshire | The United States of America |
Aad Brinkman | Apeldoorn | The Netherlands |
Ante Brinkman | Apeldoorn | The Netherlands |
Jason Piterak | Nashua, NH | USA |
M.A.H. van Uem | Nijmegen | The Netherlands |
Ragu Mantatikar | Victoria | Australia |
Mark A. Schmidt | South Morang | Australia |
Michael Jablonski | Dripping Springs, TX | USA |
Dilek Gurel | Istanbul | Turkey |
Jorge Peinado | Madrid | Spain |
Luis Ubaldo Godínez Flores | MEXICO D.F. | Mexico |
Charuhasa V | fremont CA 94555 | USA |
Sara Thursby | Monrovia, California | USA |
Sachin Patel | Sioux Falls, SD | USA |
Thierry R. BACHMANN | F-77000 Melun | France |
Omar Sanchez | D.F. | Mexico |
Lewis Lampkin, III | Universal City, TX | United States |
Andrea Picucci | Warrington | England |
wou | 74370 argonay | france |
Antony Sutherland | Subiaco WA | Australia |
Maria Gutierrez | Farmington, NM | USA |
Lucas Rose | Camberley | UK |
Lex Hendriks | Amsterdam | The Netherlands |
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Susan Crowe | bromley | UK |
Nestor Nogueira de Albuquerque | São José dos Campos | Brazil |
Luís Quintino | SETUBAL | Portugal |
Damien FOURNIER | MARSEILLE | FRANCE |
Erkki Viitanen | Helsinki | Finland |
David Brooks | Box Hill | Australia |
Gerald Jarvis | Chester, NY | USA |
Felipe Gustavo Costa Reis | Salvador, Bahia | Brasil |
Paul Davidson | Germantown, MD | USA |
Fabien ANDRÉ | TOULOUSE | FRANCE |
David Gallacher | West Horsley, Syrrey | UK |
Paul Phillips | Auckland | New Zealand |
Timothy R. Griffith | Colorado Springs, CO | USA |
Jonathan Davis | London | London |
Robert Wagner | Skokie, IL | USA |
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Tomas Navarro | Molins de Rei | %profile[profile_country] |
John Gibert | Ashington | UK |
Indra Talip | Canberra, ACT | Australia |
boulet | montigny | france |
Matt Sellors | Chelmsford | United Kingdom |
Scott Link | Creve Coeur, MO | USA |
Jose | Kirkkonummi | FINLAND |
Sven De Paepe | Ternat | Belgium |
Tomosato Hiroki | Tokyo | Japan |
Ashems Songwe | Lilongwe | Malawi |
John Gunson | Pottstown, PA | USA |
John M. Clark | Mason, OH | United States |
Nirmal Baral | luton | United Kingdom |
Steve Baillargeon | Shefford | Canada |
Sandra Sanchez | Bogota | %profile[profile_country] |
Hugo Chang | Hsin-chu City, Taiwan | TAIWAN, ROC |
Darren Stafford | Cherrybrook | Australia |
Mario Moroni | Spino d'Adda, CR, ITALY | ITALY |
Matthew Kopli | Barking | United Kingdom |
Rick Warren | Hudson NY | USA |
Jo Strand | Kristiansand | %profile[profile_Norway] |
Vishwas Chandrashekar | London | Great Britain |
lisa palermo | Santiago | Chile |
Huriye Elvan Sevinc | Istanbul | Turkey |
Brenda Nel | Pretoria | South Africa |
nerea molinero | bilbao | España |
Julian Tunke | 48249 Duelmen-Rorup | Germany |
Comments
ask Joe Harley
From an email to me
The Government policy is to use Open Standards.
Two Government owned standards are not open: it is purely commercial. PRINCE2 and ITIL.
The ITIL standard costs £295 for the set and is NOT freely available as pdf. Civil servants must pay this to get the set which is very uneconomic.
Re-users are charges up to 20% royalty: even PhD students have received demands for licensing and payments regarding this standard. Licensing can take up to 6 months.
This is surprising given the Government policy of open standards: if this principle is not applied to Crown Copyright material produced by Civil Servants how can you expect industry to comply?
The UK Gov’t programme is currently advocating the use of ITIL as a standard for the Cloud programme: however as it is not open for free re-use how does this reflect the Government’s policy here?
Please can you confirm whether or not Government’s own material that is a central standard used in roll out of the cloud programme will or will not be made Open Source?
So I did
Uk Government Consultation
Hello Skep
There is a UK Government Consultation on data sets (the definition of which includes PRINCE2 and ITIL.)
What do you think of sending your list of signatures to them?:
pdcengagement@gmail.com
Here are the terms of reference:
http://pdcengagement.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/pdc/
It looks a little commercial but a consistent set of rules for all clearly applied to all by an independent body goes some way towards your thinking;
'Someone has to govern the ITIL brand to keep all users honest. But they should be free to use it honestly '
Free ITIL - fly the flag
The "Free ITIL" logo is of course NOT copyright or trademark or anything (other than OGC's trademark over the word "ITIL" which we honour deeply and respect to the ends of the earth). So please feel free to put it on your websites with a link to this page as a gesture of support. Petitions only work if we get lots of people.
Free ITIL
You do realize that your "Free ITIL" logo could be construed to mean "NO Free ITIL" because of the red line crossing the circle, right? Similar to "No Smoking" sign or many other similar traffic/road signs...
No copyright
Actually it is a "No copyright" symbol, as there is a copyright "C" crossed out
Rob, Russia supports you and
Rob, Russia supports you and your movement - http://www.realitsm.ru/2011/01/free-itil%C2%AE-novaya-iniciativa-skeptika/
You got mine
Hi Skep,
you got my support in my blog
Gobierno TIC - Libre