This model also has an educational aspect because we believe that by documenting ways to setup services, many users will in turn be able to share these resources.
The “de-google-ify Internet” project - which does not exclusively concern Google - consists in <strong> offering as many alternative services as possible to those we consider a threat to our digital lives</strong>.
Google Docs, Skype, Dropbox, Facebook, Twitter, Google Agenda, Youtube, Doodle, Yahoo! Groups, and many others, are extremely convenient services but <strong>they have become far too large and have made us dependent on them</strong>. Framasoft wishes to resist this trend and is putting forward a roadmap for setting up alternative services over several years.
These services are free, gratis, open to all (insofar as our technical and financial capabilities allow us), as <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons" title="digital commons">digital commons</a></strong>. With the goal of decentralising the Internet and promoting self-hosting, we will do our best to ensure that everyone can install their own services (for themselves, for their organisation, or their company).
Of course, We are not aiming <em>to compete with</em> these services, We merely wish to offer a space that is neutral, non-commercial, and in no way aggressive towards its users.