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''This is the 0.1 version of the Drumbeat framework, based on these widely circulated [http://www.slideshare.net/msurman/mozilla-drumbeat-draft-overview-for-feedback slides]. We're currently using it as a basis for planning [[Drumbeat/yearone|Drumbeat year one]]. (oct 31, 2009)''
== 1. Vision ==
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In a nutshell: make sure the internet is still open, participatory 100 years from now.''
The internet has become our global commons: a critical public resource that more than a billion people use to learn, innovate, trade, befriend and play. We envision a century ahead where this shared resource grows even richer and more vibrant. For this to happen, we must continue to build and operate an internet that is:
*'''Open'''. Built on technologies that anyone can study, use or improve without asking permission.
*'''Participatory''', fueled by the ideas and energy of 100s of millions of people.
*'''Decentralized''' in both architecture and control, ensuring continued choice and diversity.
*'''Public''' much like a public square, with space not just for commerce but also for vibrant social and civic life.
Of course, '''this vision faces many challenges'''. Current examples: control over our digital identities and data is centralizing; and the growing mobile internet is far less open than the one on our desktop. At a more basic level, few people take the time to consider the internet as a public resource. They simply take it for granted, like air. Drumbeat is about gathering a critical mass of people to address challenges like these.
== 2. Mission ==
Drumbeat is a global community of Mozillians who *use* web technology in new ways to understand, participate and take control of their online lives. Drumbeat provides an opportunity for these people to share project ideas -- and helps them find contributors, funds and advice to help the most promising projects succeed. Mozilla also directly leads a number of Drumbeat projects of its own. ''[[Drumbeat/oldvision|older versions]]''
== 3. Goals ==
