Open internet for everyone
A movement for digital ownership, protocols over platforms, and sovereignty over your data and devices.
This is not a startup or a token. It is a movement and a technical doctrine: a manifesto, architectural principles, and public use cases for those who want an internet without remote kill switches and walled ecosystems.
Manifesto of the Open Internet 4.0
- Digital Ownership Is Real Ownership. If you buy it, you own it. No remote revocation. No hidden kill switches.
- Devices Must Work Without Permission. Hardware must not depend on continuous corporate authorization to function.
- Software Is Infrastructure. Critical digital services must rely on open standards and auditable protocols.
- Data Belongs to the Individual. User data must be exportable, portable, and locally accessible.
- Offline First. Every essential system must degrade gracefully and function without central servers.
- Interoperability Is a Right. No artificial lock-ins. No forced ecosystems.
- Transparency Over Trust. Trust must be replaced by verifiable architecture.
- Repair, Modify, Fork. Users must have the legal and technical right to repair and modify their digital tools.
- Protocols Over Platforms. The internet should be built on open protocols, not corporate walled gardens.
- Digital Sovereignty Is Civil Sovereignty. Control over digital infrastructure equals political autonomy.
OwnNet Source License 1.0
Our software is open — but not unconditional. The license is a direct extension of the manifesto: source code is available for study, improvement, and sharing, but may not be used to build systems that contradict what we stand for.
Permitted
- Study, fork, and contribute to the code
- Personal and educational use
- Derivative works — under the same license (ShareAlike)
Prohibited
- Use in Closed Systems: remote kill switches, forced lock-in, blocked modification
- Surveillance or data collection without explicit user consent
- Commercial use without prior written permission
Full license text is included as a LICENSE file in every repository. © 2026 Serhii Merenkov / Technologies LLC.