From bdbf3bdc663a8048322fb0f12d8ceddaabca2d4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: georgeowell Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2017 00:29:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/6] Added inital hippy brain dump --- .../2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md | 64 +++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md b/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md index a8a83e4..23484f0 100644 --- a/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md +++ b/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md @@ -6,8 +6,64 @@ image: pic01.jpg category: values --- -Privacy. - -Transparency. +Autonomic is a workers 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. -Sustainability. +As individuals, we have become increasingly concerned with the levels of surveillance carried by nation states and corporations. +Everyone deserves the fundamental right to privacy and safety online as well as in the physical world. We seem to be moving ever +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 +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. + +## Privacy + +We are committed to providing a platform for progressive projects and ideas that require accessible and modern infrastructure to +thrive and grow. + +We seek to minimise data collection and retention wherever possible. If you don't need it, don't collect it. + +We will utilise and recommend encryption wherever possible, especially if it is end to end encryption and has been well tested in +real life scenarios by non-technical users. + +We believe that unrestricted and uncensored access to the internet is a human right and we should all resist any attempts to stifle +the sharing of knowledge and experiences that helps build greater cooperation between people around the world. + + +## Transparency + +We don't give you any crap. If something is wrong, we'll let you know and we seek to communicate with our clients and the public in +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 +behaviour. + +We will share with the community anything that we make that is really cool and useful that will help build the software commons. + + +## 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 +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. + +Autonomic Co-operative From 589b5364afd80bafd290ee7669f349a70e3b4298 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carl van Tonder Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 10:59:37 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/6] Minor text changes on "founding principles" post --- src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) 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. From d7a7d5e0cf22d73b6b0e88727454f75250b338b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carl van Tonder Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 11:00:13 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 3/6] Add post date --- src/_layouts/post.html | 1 + src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/_layouts/post.html b/src/_layouts/post.html index 95cb006..441f249 100644 --- a/src/_layouts/post.html +++ b/src/_layouts/post.html @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ {% endif %}

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diff --git a/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md b/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md index 3c42824..dee6fb8 100644 --- a/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md +++ b/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ title: Our Founding Principles description: Autonomic co-operative and our core values. image: pic01.jpg category: values +date: 2017-10-03 --- Autonomic is a worker co-operative. That means we are owned and run by our workers, not by bosses or investors. We make our From 50de29c1f34645feddd847d8544934eabf3e2b88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carl van Tonder Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 11:00:28 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 4/6] Whitespace pedantry --- .../2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md | 42 +++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md b/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md index dee6fb8..7ff5a44 100644 --- a/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md +++ b/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md @@ -1,69 +1,69 @@ --- layout: post title: Our Founding Principles -description: Autonomic co-operative and our core values. +description: Autonomic co-operative and our core values. image: pic01.jpg category: values date: 2017-10-03 --- -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 +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. -As individuals, we have become increasingly concerned with the levels of surveillance carried by nation states and corporations. -Everyone deserves the fundamental right to privacy and safety online as well as in the physical world. We seem to be moving ever -closer to a total reliance upon centralised services that mine our data for profit and are run in anything but our best interest as +As individuals, we have become increasingly concerned with the levels of surveillance carried by nation states and corporations. +Everyone deserves the fundamental right to privacy and safety online as well as in the physical world. We seem to be moving ever +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 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 +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. ## Privacy -We are committed to providing a platform for progressive projects and ideas that require accessible and modern infrastructure to -thrive and grow. +We are committed to providing a platform for progressive projects and ideas that require accessible and modern infrastructure to +thrive and grow. We seek to minimise data collection and retention wherever possible. If you don't need it, don't collect it. -We will utilise and recommend encryption wherever possible, especially if it is end to end encryption and has been well tested in +We will utilise and recommend encryption wherever possible, especially if it is end to end encryption and has been well tested in real life scenarios by non-technical users. -We believe that unrestricted and uncensored access to the internet is a human right and we should all resist any attempts to stifle +We believe that unrestricted and uncensored access to the internet is a human right and we should all resist any attempts to stifle the sharing of knowledge and experiences that helps build greater cooperation between people around the world. ## Transparency -We don't give you any crap. If something is wrong, we'll let you know and we seek to communicate with our clients and the public in +We don't give you any crap. If something is wrong, we'll let you know and we seek to communicate with our clients and the public in 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 +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 engage in ethical processes to avoid working with 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. -## Sustainability +## Sustainability -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 +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 +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 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 +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 +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. Autonomic Co-operative From 7e3bc3f324238240680886ecf9091730b96ca3e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: georgeowell Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 17:42:27 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Removed weirdness --- .../2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md | 18 +++++------------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md b/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md index 7ff5a44..6495428 100644 --- a/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md +++ b/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md @@ -16,16 +16,15 @@ 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 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. +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. -## Privacy +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. We are committed to providing a platform for progressive projects and ideas that require accessible and modern infrastructure to thrive and grow. +## Privacy + We seek to minimise data collection and retention wherever possible. If you don't need it, don't collect it. We will utilise and recommend encryption wherever possible, especially if it is end to end encryption and has been well tested in @@ -34,23 +33,18 @@ real life scenarios by non-technical users. We believe that unrestricted and uncensored access to the internet is a human right and we should all resist any attempts to stifle the sharing of knowledge and experiences that helps build greater cooperation between people around the world. - ## Transparency - We don't give you any crap. If something is wrong, we'll let you know and we seek to communicate with our clients and the public in 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 engage in ethical processes to avoid working with any organisations that are racist, homophobic, transphobic, sexist or otherwise engage in oppressive -behaviour. +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. - ## Sustainability - 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. @@ -62,8 +56,6 @@ 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. -Autonomic Co-operative From e886e2c2fe2f1adecea045e16db812fb8aeb5c8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: georgeowell Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 01:26:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 6/6] Tidied and re-wrote parts of the post --- src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md | 13 ++++--------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md b/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md index 6495428..fb8ab84 100644 --- a/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md +++ b/src/_posts/2016-09-23-our-founding-principles.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- layout: post title: Our Founding Principles -description: Autonomic co-operative and our core values. +description: Autonomic Co-operative And Our Core Values. image: pic01.jpg category: values date: 2017-10-03 @@ -16,12 +16,9 @@ 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 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. +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 users by making software source code available for anyone to examine, modify or share. We are committed to building the software commons by making as much of our code available under a free software licence as possible. -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. - -We are committed to providing a platform for progressive projects and ideas that require accessible and modern infrastructure to -thrive and grow. +As the internet becomes ubiquitous in our everyday lives, we must consider the technologies that we utilise in order to communicate. We must all have the ability to discuss and collaborate without being spied upon or our personal information being sold to the highest bidder. Autonomic are committed to providing a platform for progressive projects and ideas that require accessible and modern infrastructure to thrive and grow whilst preserving our client's privacy and protecting their data. ## Privacy @@ -31,7 +28,7 @@ We will utilise and recommend encryption wherever possible, especially if it is real life scenarios by non-technical users. We believe that unrestricted and uncensored access to the internet is a human right and we should all resist any attempts to stifle -the sharing of knowledge and experiences that helps build greater cooperation between people around the world. +the sharing of knowledge and experiences that helps build greater cooperation between peoples around the world. ## Transparency We don't give you any crap. If something is wrong, we'll let you know and we seek to communicate with our clients and the public in @@ -42,8 +39,6 @@ contribute back to the projects we rely on where practical. 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. - ## Sustainability 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.