<blockquote>

    &ldquo;The world needs people who see something that needs to be done and
    start to do it, without permission or advice. They just start doing
    it.&rdquo; <span>&mdash; Wendell Berry</span>

</blockquote>

If your company maximizes operational transparency and openness as a defining
element in how you create value, you are an open company, full stop.  You don't
need our permission or advice. That said, if you would like to join with
like-minded companies in the Open Company Initiative, please email [Tim
Cook](mailto:tim@saxifrageschool.org) (or submit a [pull
request](https://github.com/opencompany/www.opencompany.org/blob/master/_data/directory.yml))
with the following information:

  1. Your name and title;
  1. The name of your company;
  1. A link to your homepage, or a landing page about openness;
  1. A logo file in SVG format;
  1. A one-line description of your company;
  1. One concrete example of how your company already fulfills our pledge.


### Our Pledge

{% translate pledge %}


### Dues

Membership dues are pay what you want, <a
href="https://www.gittip.com/opencompanybiz/">via Gittip</a>.

<div class="gittip-widget">
    <script data-gittip-username="opencompanybiz" src="//gttp.co/v1.js"></script>
</div>


<blockquote>

    &ldquo;The world needs people who see something that needs to be done and
    start to do it, without permission or advice. They just start doing
    it.&rdquo; <span>&mdash; Wendell Berry</span>

</blockquote>

If your company maximizes operational transparency and openness as a defining
element in how you create value, you are an open company, full stop.  You don't
need our permission or advice. That said, if you would like to join with
like-minded companies in the Open Company Initiative, please email [Tim
Cook](mailto:tim@saxifrageschool.org) (or submit a [pull
request](https://github.com/opencompany/www.opencompany.org/blob/master/_data/directory.yml))
with the following information:

  1. Your name and title;
  1. The name of your company;
  1. A link to your homepage, or a landing page about openness;
  1. A logo file in SVG format;
  1. A one-line description of your company;
  1. One concrete example of how your company already fulfills our pledge.


### Our Pledge

{% translate pledge %}


### Dues

Membership dues are pay what you want, <a
href="https://www.gittip.com/OpenCompany/">via Gittip</a>.

<div class="gittip-widget">
    <script data-gittip-username="OpenCompany" src="//gttp.co/v1.js"></script>
</div>


Fix gittip URL in the join page
Fix gittip URL in the join page

Last occurrence of the old gittip URL now fixed