Hello developers! I am hoping to get your help.
I would like to teach QGIS in my university courses, but I need permission to install it on my institution's computers. This requires a VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template) to be filled out by one of the developers. A VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template) is a standardized document used to assess and report how well a product meets accessibility standards, such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) or Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act. It provides transparency by detailing a product’s conformance to accessibility requirements, helping organizations understand if it can be used by individuals with disabilities. Government entities, including universities, often require VPATs as part of their procurement process to ensure that the technology they purchase is accessible to all users, in compliance with accessibility laws like Section 508 in the U.S. or EN 301 549 in Europe. In the past (2013), QGIS developer David Saeger filled one out (https://web.archive.org/web/20130509053144/http://www.qgis.org/en/about-qgis/vpatm.html), but my institution requires a more recent version based on the most recent Section 508 criteria and updated for the most recent (LTR) version of QGIS. Would any of you who are QGIS developers mind terribly filling out a VPAT and posting it? To fill it out, you can visit: https://acreditor.section508.gov/ and then click on "start a new report." If the information from the Saeger's original VPAT (https://web.archive.org/web/20130509053144/http://www.qgis.org/en/about-qgis/vpatm.html) is still valid, you can probably copy-and-paste much if not all of that information to the new form. This would be invaluable to me and to anyone working for government entities and educational institutions who wishes to use QGIS instead of commercial options. Thank you in advance for your efforts! Sincerely, Josh Banta
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