Our aim is to reclaim spaces on the Internet where we can
discuss and work on two levels: on the one hand, the right
to and need for free communication, privacy, anonymity and
access to digital resources; on the other, social projects
linked to reality and struggles.
Setting up an independent server seems to us to be a good
point to start and reach our goals.
We believe that communication must be free - and for free -
and, therefore, universally accessible.
We try to accomplish all this by offering internet services
(web sites, e-mail, mailing lists, chats, instant
messaging, anonymous remailing, blogs, newsletters, and
more) to either individuals and collective projects
agreeing to our same aims and sharing our ideals, using our
best skills and knowledges to defend users privacy.
Standing outside the commercial attitude of payed services
and web spaces, we happily welcome those unresting towards
cultural and media censorship, towards the globalized
imaginery being prepared, packed and sold us every day.
The services we provide are not intended for (directly or
indirectly) commercial activities, for use by organized
religion or political parties, or, in short, by anyone who
already has means and resources to spread widely its ideas,
or who use the concept of representation and (explicit or
implicit) delegation in its day-to-day relationships and
projects.
The right to and need for privacy and anonymity must be
respected.
We guarantee that we keep no logs, that we t ask for
personal data to grant access to any of our services, and
that we will do everything we can to keep our anonymous
remailer, anonymizer and everything else that ensures the
privacy and confidentiality of your communications running
and safe.
Knowledge and resources grow through sharing. That is why
we encourage the systematic, organized and completely free
distribution of cultural material, self-productions and
documentation, and why we fight against traditional
copyright and support the adoption free and open-source
software and licenses.
We called ourselves Inventati because we strive to find
ways to translate in the digital world issues that are part
of struggles and their organizing, overcoming the limits
and constraints of reality. Ie: a plenum can be made
permanent and continuous through the use of a mailing list.
We called ourselves Autistici, instead, for the passion we
have for understanding the technical tools and for exposing
the politics implicit in the digital world; even if
software is created in a virtual world it t mean it t have
a political impact on reality.
Starting from the technical tools we use we came to develop
a clear array of political stances, crucial to both cyber
and material world and lives: privacy, anonymity, free
sharing of knowledge just to mention a few.
We believe that media and communication should not be the
exclusive domain of information professionals. We believe
in the value of self-management: this is why we have no
sponsors or funding of any kind, apart from voluntary
subscriptions by those who believe that our project is
important and must survive. None of us earns a cent from
this project (in fact, quite the opposite).
We share collectively any decision about technical and
political aspects of our servers and projects. We discuss
everything through the use of mailing lists, so that all of
our debates and process is available and accessible to any
single person participating in the collective.
We have no coordinator, and no spokesperson, and decisions
are not reached by voting.
