Drumbeat/open-web

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The open web is participatory, transparent, decentralized and generative.

• Fueled by participation, in ideas, energy or media from more than a billion Internet users.
  
• Built on transparent technologies that anyone can study, use or improve.
  
• Decentralized in both architecture and control, ensuring continued choice and diversity.
  
• The generative nature of web means we can all take existing parts of the Internet into something that is our own.

The open web is a powerful tool for change.
The open web is threatened.
We need to protect, improve and grow the open web.

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The open web is participatory, transparent, decentralized and generative.

The open web is:

Fueled by participation, in ideas, energy or media from more than a billion Internet users.

• in the open web--anyone can request and receive access to information
• users can look inside things to see how they work (i mean open-source but am looking for a non-tech buzzword way to say it)
• web example: user generated content: millions of users around the world add to shared knowledge (by contributing to wikipedia)
• non-web example: a town hall meeting where anyone can raise their hand and join the conversation

Built on transparent technologies that anyone can study, use or improve.

• anyone can create content, code or devices

• web example: anyone can run 
• non-web example: a recipe book anyone can cook from and innovate with

Decentralized in both architecture and control, ensuring continued choice and diversity.

• Shared control

• isn’t top down in control

• user choice for which programs to run
• the consumers are also producers
• anyone can innovate on the web, without having to ask for permission
• web example: you choose which operating system to use and programs to install
• non-web example:

= The generative nature of web means we can all take existing parts of the Internet into something that is our own.

• freely create, innovate and express ideas online without asking permission from others.

• web example: you can remix content together--photos, videos, music can be mashed up to create new content
• non-web example: a box of legos that can be re-shaped into new things at any point

The open web is a powerful tool for change.

• It’s the /most/ powerful communication tool in the history of humanity

• The nervous system of trade, education, governance, activism, and play.

• Lets a single idea achieve global impact
• The Internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible.

The open web is threatened.

by:

• walled gardens
• roadblocks
• gatekeepers
• centralization
• lack of privacy

A closed internet slows down innovation and commerce, and stifles collaboration We need to protect, improve and grow the open web.

• Magnifying the public benefit aspects of the Internet is an important goal, worthy of time, attention and commitment.
• protecting the web means making sure there are open options in user choice
• 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.
• Individuals' security on the Internet is fundamental and cannot be treated as optional.
• growing the open web means creating applications of openness
• Commercial involvement in the development of the Internet brings many benefits; a balance between commercial goals and public benefit is critical.
• Improved through continued innovation and advancement.
• to benefit as many as possible