{"id":6240,"date":"2019-08-12T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/?p=6240"},"modified":"2024-01-26T14:35:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T13:35:26","slug":"the-nextcloud-mission-and-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/nl\/blog\/the-nextcloud-mission-and-principles\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nextcloud mission and principles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nextcloud is more than 3 years old. For the founding team, including myself, it was very important to create a company and open source project that has some principles, some moral standard and goals. This should not be just another company which only exists to generate money. We want to do the \u2018right thing\u2019 and have a positive effect on the world. After three years of mainly listening to our gut feeling, at <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/blog\/a-contributor-week-ended-a-new-one-on-its-way\/\">the last contributor week<\/a> we decided to formalize these values more and agreed on the following.<\/p>\n<h2>Our Mission<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\n  We develop software for decentralized and federated clouds as alternative to centralized cloud services.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is short, but there is a lot packed in this. First of all, we believe that the world is better when data, applications and IT in general are decentralized and not controlled by a few big companies. It also says that we develop software. We don\u2019t run a cloud service or host the data of users. This is not our business. We focus on creating the software to enable others to run a service, either for themselves or for others.<\/p>\n<h2>Our principles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sustainability<\/strong><br \/>\nWe build a sustainable company, aiming for long term stability, not a short term sale. So no growth at all cost: protect people, society and the environment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Privacy and security<\/strong><br \/>\nWe believe that privacy is a fundamental human right. Everyone has the right of secure communication. It\u2019s the main motivation behind all our products<\/li>\n<li><strong>User-centered design<\/strong><br \/>\nWe honor people\u2019s time and mental load. That is why we make Nextcloud easy to use.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trust<\/strong><br \/>\nWe trust each other to have shared goals and make decisions based on it. This enables remote and flexible work and decentralized, collaborative decision making over most things.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Open Source<\/strong><br \/>\nEverything we do is 100% open source. We do not do open core or proprietary extensions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Open Standards<\/strong><br \/>\nWe use and support open standards as much as possible. We don\u2019t lock people in to proprietary formats. You can import and export everything.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Decentralisation<\/strong><br \/>\nWe are building decentralized products as alternatives to centralized platforms. People can choose what they want and where they want it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Community<\/strong><br \/>\nWorking in the open with a broad community leads to better results. We trust our community and empower them to take ownership over what they contribute to and have as much access to and control over as legally and practically possible.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Inclusion and diversity<\/strong><br \/>\nDiverse teams and communities make us better and more innovative. We support people marginalized in open source to get involved and thrive.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Accessibility<\/strong><br \/>\nAccessibility is a fundamental human right and technology should be accessible to everyone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are the goals and principles we want to follow at Nextcloud. Read <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/about\/\">our about page<\/a> and let me know what you think! Feedback is very welcome.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/karlitschek.de\/\">Frank Karlitschek<\/a>, CEO of Nextcloud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nextcloud is more than 3 years old. 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