keeping the web open and generative
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A 5 mn talk delivered at Lift France '09 (Marseille). It's about building the future Internet we want, not the one we're going to be given. How do we participate in shaping the Internet? How is the choices we make about browsers and services make a difference.TRANSCRIPT
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Making sure the Web stays 'Generative' and
the Future Open Tristan Nitot
President and Founder, Mozilla [email protected]
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The Mozilla project
• We build software
• Firefox, anyone?
• We build communities
• 75 languages for Firefox 3.5.
• 800,000 Beta testers
• 300 million active users
• We have a vision of the Internet
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This isn’t it
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nor this...
Minitel 2.0
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The Mozilla Manifesto 1/2• The Internet is an integral part of modern life – a key
component in education, communication, collaboration, business, entertainment and society as a whole.
• The Internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible.
• The Internet should enrich the lives of individual human beings.
• Individuals’ security on the Internet is fundamental and cannot be treated as optional.
• Individuals must have the ability to shape their own experiences on the Internet.
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The Mozilla Manifesto 2/2• The effectiveness of the Internet as a public resource
depends upon interoperability (protocols, data formats, content), innovation and decentralized participation worldwide.
• Free and open source software promotes the development of the Internet as a public resource.
• Commercial involvement in the development of the Internet brings many benefits; a balance between commercial goals and public benefit is critical.
• Magnifying the public benefit aspects of the Internet is an important goal, worthy of time, attention and commitment.
http://www.mozilla.org/about/manifesto
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The Fundamental principle:
Decentralized Participation
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Call to “Participation”
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Call to “Participaction”
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Call to “Particip-Hack-tion”
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Or: “What can I do to build the future I want? (instead of the one I’m
given)”
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Pick the right browser
• The browser which leaves you options
• The browser which enables you to build your own experience
• The browser which enables you to reuse other people’s participative works
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Pick the right services• Those you can leave when you want
• Those that enable you to export your data in order to leave
• Those who are extensible (via plug-ins and APIs)
• Those who respect Web standards
• Those who are decentralized and enable you to run you own instance of. (Wordpress, Dotclear, Identi.ca, etc.)
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Build or help building
• Build extensions for your browser (heard of Mozilla Jetpack & Ubiquity?)
• Build themes for your browser (heard about Mozilla Personas? getpersonas.com)
• Tell people around you about the choice we have
• Donate time and/or money to Open Source projects.
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“The best way to predict the future is to invent it”
- Alan Kay
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Thank you!