From d9e4bfe7e86a7015f764175fc8e8cdd9c55f32b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cinereal Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2025 11:19:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] soften wording --- fediversity.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/fediversity.md b/fediversity.md index 6088529..bdf0e55 100644 --- a/fediversity.md +++ b/fediversity.md @@ -42,12 +42,15 @@ No software specific for or usable by any single organisation will be created or *Fediversity: Privacy-friendly, sustainable, transparent fair.* The Open Internet Discourse Foundation project Fediversity is an effort to bring individuals and institutions easy-to-use, portable digital services with personal freedom at their core. -We want to provide everyone with high-quality, secure IT systems for everyday use. +We want to help provide everyone with high-quality, secure IT systems for everyday use. Without tracking, without exploitation, in a way that makes sustainable use of the world. The goal of this project is offer an **alternative to centralised online services and companies that operate closed ecosystems**, thus creating a major impact on the future of the internet, our societies and economies — a unique and meaningful contribution to the *Next Generation Internet* initiative. This objective aligns with the work programme topic by advancing the development of alternative digital solutions that are more user-centric and transparent. +The key technical aspect of Fediversity is to provide the means for easily switching between different hosting providers, or to their own infrastructure, without losing their data. +This objective is important as it promotes user control and choice, without being locked into a particular platform or service. + Concretely, we aim to achieve this using the following sub-goals: 1. Implement a way to run online services emphasising user autonomy and portability; @@ -58,9 +61,6 @@ In addition, the team will have to find ways to ensure that all parts of our ser This will promote transparency and enable end-users to verify that their data is being handled ethically and in compliance with data privacy regulations. Use of open-source software also gives users the freedom to use, modify, and distribute the software as they see fit, without restrictions or limitations. -The proposed services will also be designed to be **fully portable** (something we like to call **'service portability'**). -This means that users will be able to (easily and fully) switch between different hosting providers (as well as bare metal) without losing their data. -This objective is important as it promotes user control and choice, allowing users to choose a way of offering services that best meets their needs without being locked into a particular platform or service, and gives users the flexibility between hosted versus self-hosted options. ### Relevance @@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ The use of open-source software, along with the focus on portability, will enabl ## Ambition -### Portability of services +### Service portability -The project plans to offer portability of services, allowing users to easily export their data from the platform and import it to another platform. +The project plans to offer service portability: allowing users to easily export their data and application state from one hosting provider's environment and import it to another. This is a unique feature beyond what is currently available on the market. ## Identified applications