For the benefit of all individuals across this interconnected world.
- Software
- Any software developed with public funding must be open source, available for public scrutiny, learning, and innovation.
- The applicable license must be respected, but the sharing of its content and knowledge should be permitted.
- Intellectual Property
- Any consumer has the right to reverse engineer any component of a product they have acquired.
- Modification and customization for personal use must be unrestricted.
- All consumer products must have a clearly defined lifecycle, including a date for the end of software support and the release of their source code.
- Security by Design
- Any connected device must support automatic, unattended updates for critical security vulnerabilities.
- If patches for high-severity vulnerabilities are unavailable, anyone should be permitted to exploit the vulnerability solely to fix or brick the device.
- Hack Back
- Any individual, company, or nation shall be allowed to actively defend itself against threat actors of all kinds, but not to further its own offensive interests.
- Responsible Disclosure
- Anyone shall be allowed to responsibly disclose vulnerabilities and unethical designs, provided they follow industry standards that give vendors adequate time to develop and release necessary patches.
- Artificial Intelligence
- LLM ingestion of public content shall comply with the license applied to any page or source code before training or ingesting in any way.
- Maintainers of open-source projects have the right to ignore and close any AI issue or bug report if deemed to be AI slop.
This manifesto is not currently adopted or enforced anywhere. It is intended as a starting point for foundational discussions.