Listing Criteria (Draft)

To qualify for inclusion in Count From Zero (CFZ), most software needs

1. applicability to CFZ's primary or secondary target markets;
2. an official webpage to represent it;
3. to not directly support activities from CFZ's list of prohibited advertising;
4. compatibility with the most recent version of the language(s) it was designed for;
5. accessibility from current and popular programming languages;
6. a release within the last two years;
7. applicability to current technology;
8. development progress to least beta-stage; and
9. evidence of active maintenance.

CFZ exempts certain types of software from maintenance and time requirements:

1. elementary software such as data structure and utility libraries;
2. some products bordering the definition of "software", such as fonts, ontologies, and word lists; and
3. software sharing a product space with few or no other products.

Non-qualified software may be listed in a special section of CFZ in which only the title, URL, and applicable categories are identified. However, CFZ does not support this feature yet. Data for non-qualified software will not be maintained.

Some variables irrelevant to CFZ accepting a software package include the

1. publisher's financial status;
2. publisher's financial support of CFZ;
3. licensing scheme; and
4. publisher's ability or willingness to support users (different from software maintenance).