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The Cooperative Cloud is a platform built by and for worked-owned technology The Cooperative Cloud is a platform built by and for worked-owned technology
cooperatives which proposes a shared social and technical infrastructure for cooperatives which proposes a shared social and technical infrastructure for
the operation and management of free software applications. the operation and management of free software applications. The project was
initiated by [Autonomic].
The project arose out the understanding that technology cooperatives continue The project arose out the understanding that technology cooperatives continue
to struggle to deliver free software solutions without relying on monopolies to struggle to deliver free software solutions without relying on monopolies
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tools. The contradictions of working with these abusive and extractive forces tools. The contradictions of working with these abusive and extractive forces
brings the idea of offering an alternative into question. brings the idea of offering an alternative into question.
The technological crisis is a social crisis. Therefore, building an alternative [The technological crisis is a social crisis]. Therefore, building an
digital future cannot be done without broad and meaningful cooperation. The alternative digital future cannot be done without broad and meaningful
Cooperative Cloud project takes as its starting point the existing free cooperation. The Cooperative Cloud project takes as its starting point the
software community standards, tools, approaches and governance methods to build existing free software community standards, tools, approaches and governance
up a platform which cooperatives can make use of to deliver a sustainable and methods in order to build up a platform which cooperatives can make use of as
ethical alternative ecosystem. part of offering a real alternative.
The Cooperative Cloud should not be seen as a technical solution for a social The Cooperative Cloud should not be seen as a technical solution for a social
problem (i.e. "Big Tech"). Owning the common technological means for delivering problem (i.e. "Big Tech"). We understsand that owning the common technological
free software is only one part of the struggle to reclaim technology today. If means for delivering free software is only one part of the struggle to reclaim
antitrust litigation dismantled GAFAM tomorrow, we'd need our own organisations technology today. If antitrust litigation dismantled the monopolies tomorrow,
and robust technical capacity to fill the resulting vacuum. From this we'd need our own organisations and robust technical capacity to fill the
perspective, the project can be seen as another approach to building community resulting vacuum. From this perspective, the project can be seen as another
power by focussing on the cooperative ways and means of managing the free approach to building community power by focussing on the cooperative ways and
software applications on which so much of our lives have come to rely on. means of managing the free software applications on which so much of our lives
have come to rely on.
The project was initiated by [Autonomic]. To learn more, please see the [Getting Started guide].
[autonomic]: https://autonomic.zone/ [autonomic]: https://autonomic.zone/
[the technological crisis is a social crisis]: https://i.imgur.com/TmuTWBl.jpg
[getting started guide]: getting-started/guide.md