The document discusses the need for open and distributed alternatives to centralized online services that are controlled by corporations and do not give users freedom and control over their data. It proposes that developers create free and open source replacements for popular services, that service providers use free software and make user data available to users, and that users consider self-hosted or federated options where they have control. The goal is to develop autonomous and sustainable open services and software following the principles of free software and open standards.

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15. Who provides your e-mail service?

16. Where do you post your photos?

17. Do you download music (still)?

18. Multiple Devices Multiple Locations Centralized Personal Data

19. On-line Network Services RULE Supreme

20. The modern person's primary concern in using a computer is to get things done and stay connected with others globally in the most effective ways possible.

21. Where's your data?

22. What can be done with your data?

23. Anyone use g-mail?

24. What the hell is Web 2.0?

29. No redundancy?

30. I want to move to a new service!

31. Where are my friends?

32. Its my data!

33. Where are my freedoms ? (1) use, (2) study and adapt, (3) distribute, (4) improve

34. Its someone else's computer though...hmmm...

35. SOLUTION (and we have done this before)

36. FREE SOFTWARE

40. But, it is not enough because...

41. Its APC (Another Person's Computer)

42. Terms of Service, Privacy Policies

43. “We've told ourselves it's ok.” (Evan)

44. We need AUTONOMY .

45. Franklin Street Declaration http://autonomo.us/2008/07/franklin-street-statement/

46. Developers

47. Make source available, preferably with GNU Affero GPL 3.0 software license

48. Create free services to replace popular non-free alternatives.

49. Replace centralized services with open distributed ones when possible.

50. Service Providers

51. Choose Free Software for services.

52. Release customizations to software under a Free Software license.

53. Make data and works of authorship available to service’s users under legal terms and in formats that enable the users to move and use their data outside of a service. * Users should control their private data. * Data available to all users of the service should be available under terms approved for Free Cultural Works or Open Knowledge.

54. Users

55. Consider carefully whether to use software on someone else’s computer at all. Where it is possible, they should use Free Software equivalents that run on their own computer. Services may have substantial benefits, but they represent a loss of control for users and introduce several problems of freedom.

56. When deciding whether to use a network service, look for services that follow the guidelines listed above, so that, when necessary, they still have the freedom to modify or replicate the service without losing their own data.

57. The Social Web Should Work Like the Document Web: Distributed Open standards Easy linking Ubiquitous Multiple implementations Identity (OpenID)

61. Desktop to web

62. Web development is simple.

63. Gnome Online Desktop is too hard. (how can you even install it if you aren't running fedora?)

64. Long development cycles

65. Community processes (not as bad as OO.o)

66. Reliance upon cranky software development languages.

73. Lots to get done :) Opportunity!

74. Calendaring http://calendar.google.com/ http://30boxes.net/

75. Social Bookmarks http://del.icio.us/ http://reddit.com

76. Social News http://reddit.com http://digg.com http://mixx.com http://propeller.com

77. Storage http://s3.amazonaws.com/ http://archive.org http://box.net http://dreamhost.com ? webdav

78. Photo Sharing http://flickr.com http://picasa.com

79. Video Sharing http://youtube.com http://blip.tv

80. Mapping http://maps.google.com (ditu) http://openstreetmap.org/ http://openlayers.org/

81. Web Search http://search.wikia.com http://google.com http://yahoo.com http://live.com http://ask.com http://baidu.com http://sina.com

82. Homepage http://www.google.com/ig http://www.pageflakes.com/ http://www.netvibes.com/

83. Computing Power on Demand http://ec2.amazonaws.com/ http://linode.com/ (Distributed power?)

84. Distributed Commenting http://www.disqus.com/ http://www.cocomment.com/

85. Social Networking http://www.facebook.com/ http://mugshot.org ?

86. Gnome Desktop must be a lean mean on-line desktop machine.

87. Fast. Lean. Non-Crashing Browser.

89. Gnome 3.0?

90. Sustain-o-bility ( Business models?)

91. Support/Contracts

92. Advertising

93. Custom Setups for domains (tis federated)

94. Chinese businesses can play role in accelerating this next dynamic wave of the FLOSS movement.

95. Lets do it!

100. http://cantocore.com

110. Internships + Sysadmin + Developer Opportunities in Beijing NOW !

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