The Free Cloud Alliance publishes Guidlines as a way to to help clients of Cloud Computing solutions assess their software vendors and service providers based on tangible facts rather than on marketing materials.

• Are you Free to Leave ?: Cloud Computing is definitely a fantastic way to save costs... until one gets trapped by vendor lock-in. The "Total Information Outsoucing" guidelines, based on research conducted since 2008 by a group of internation experts under the guidance of FFII, can be used to assess Cloud Computing vendors in terms of transparency, security, revertability commitment.
• Do you Believe in Freedom ?: some software vendors use the words "Open Source" extensively to promote their solutions, yet run their own business with proprietary solutions. The "Software Freedom Values" assessment guidelines will help you determine whether a given vendor uses the words "Open Source" because of a strong belief in Open Source technologies or only as a way to sound fashionable.