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<h1><a href="/">Autonomic</a></h1>
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<h2>Our Founding Principles</h2>
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<p>Autonomic Co-operative And Our Core Values</p>
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<p><em>October 03, 2017</em></p>
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<p>Autonomic is a worker co-operative. That means we are owned and run by our
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workers and not by bosses or investors. We make our decisions collectively
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using consensus. We are committed to a set of basic principles of working on
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projects for social good. We reject destructive and unsustainable practices
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within the tech industry.</p>
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<p>As individuals, we have become increasingly concerned with the levels of
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surveillance carried by nation states and corporations. Everyone deserves the
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fundamental right to privacy and safety online as well as in the physical
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world. We seem to be moving ever closer to a total reliance upon centralised
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services that mine our data for profit and are run in anything but our best
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interest as users.</p>
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<p>There is another way. The philosophy of <a href="https://fsfe.org/about/basics/freesoftware.en.html">free software</a> allows for development
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guided not by profit alone, but instead by the desires and inspiration of the
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developers and users. Rather than subjugating users, it aims to empower users
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by making software source code available for anyone to examine, modify or
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share. We are committed to building the software commons by making as much of
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our code available under free software licences as possible.</p>
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<p>As the internet becomes ubiquitous in our everyday lives, we must consider the
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technologies that we utilise in order to communicate. We must all have the
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ability to discuss and collaborate without being spied upon or our personal
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information sold to the highest bidder. Autonomic are committed to providing a
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platform for progressive projects and ideas that require accessible and modern
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infrastructure to thrive and grow, whilst preserving our client’s privacy and
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protecting their data.</p>
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<h2 id="privacy">Privacy</h2>
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<p>We seek to minimise data collection and retention wherever possible. If you
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don’t need it, don’t collect it.</p>
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<p>We will utilise and recommend encryption wherever possible, especially if it is
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end to end encryption and has been well tested in real life scenarios by
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non-technical users.</p>
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<p>We believe that unrestricted and uncensored access to the internet is a human
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right and we should all resist any attempts to censor the sharing of knowledge
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and experiences that helps build greater cooperation between peoples around the
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world.</p>
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<h2 id="transparency">Transparency</h2>
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<p>We don’t give you any crap. If something goes wrong, we’ll let you know and
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seek to communicate with our clients and the public in an effective manner.</p>
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<p>We are committed to using free (as in freedom) software wherever possible and
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seek to contribute back to the upstream projects we rely on where practical.</p>
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<p>We engage in ethical processes to avoid working with any organisations that are
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racist, homophobic, transphobic, misogynist or otherwise engage in oppressive
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behaviour.</p>
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<h2 id="sustainability">Sustainability</h2>
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<p>As a worker co-operative, we aim to grow in a sustainable way. This means not
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taking venture capital or risky loans. We build this the smart way, through
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hard work. We are always learning and studying as we go.</p>
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<p>We are committed to learning more about about the ecological impact of
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technology. Whether that be the energy used by data centres or the components
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in our computing devices.</p>
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<p>We will engage with the wider co-operative movement and work together to grow
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our sector and begin to build a new world in the ashes of the old.</p>
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<p>We hope this basic statement of principles has given you an idea of where we
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are coming from and perhaps where we will be heading. The plan is to revisit
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these ideas as we grow and access the impact of this project. We hope you will
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be a part of this adventure.</p>
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