diff --git a/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md b/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md index 23484f0..3c42824 100644 --- a/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md +++ b/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ image: pic01.jpg category: values --- -Autonomic is a workers co-operative. That means we are owned and run by our workers, not by bosses or investors. We make our +Autonomic is a worker co-operative. That means we are owned and run by our workers, not by bosses or investors. We make our decisions collectively using consensus. It means we are committed to a set of basic principles of working on projects for social good. We reject destructive and unsustainable practices within the tech industry. @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Everyone deserves the fundamental right to privacy and safety online as well as closer to a total reliance upon centralised services that mine our data for profit and are run in anything but our best interest as users. -There is another way. The philosophy of free and open source software allows for development guided not by profit alone, but instead +There is another way. The philosophy of [free software](https://fsfe.org/about/basics/freesoftware.en.html) allows for development guided not by profit alone, but instead by the desires and inspiration of the developers and users. Rather than subjugating users, it aims to empower. Don't like the specific direction a project is going in? Copy the code and start your own project and then share that with the world. Sharing is always better than hoarding. Hoarding gets you nowhere good in the long run. You can't achieve happiness from piles of money alone. @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ an effective way. We use the software we recommend and deploy and are committed to using free (as in freedom) software wherever possible and seek to contribute back to the projects we rely on where practical. -We won't work with or for any organisations that are racist, homophobic, transphobic, sexist or otherwise engage in oppressive +We engage in ethical processes to avoid working with any organisations that are racist, homophobic, transphobic, sexist or otherwise engage in oppressive behaviour. We will share with the community anything that we make that is really cool and useful that will help build the software commons. @@ -50,18 +50,17 @@ We will share with the community anything that we make that is really cool and u ## Sustainability -As a workers co-operative we aim to grow in a sustainable way. This means not taking venture capital or risky loans. We do this the +As a worker co-operative we aim to grow in a sustainable way. This means not taking venture capital or risky loans. We do this the smart way through hard work. We are always learning and studying as we go. We are committed to learning more about about the ecological impact of technology. Whether that be the energy used by data centres or the components in our computing devices. -We are committed to investigating ways to making ecological choices in our daily lives just as in our business. Many of us are vegan -or vegetarian and we always use public transport or cycle where possible. - We will engage with the wider co-operative movement and work together to grow our sector and begin to build a new world in the ashes of the old. +
+ We hope this basic statement of principles has given you an idea of where we are coming from and perhaps where we will go. The plan is to revisit these ideas as we grow and access the impact of this project. We hope you will be a part of this adventure.