kaitlin thaney @kaythaney ; @mozillacompute midwest / 2 nov 2016

fueling the open movement

my path towards “open”

what is Mozilla?... a software engineering org?... a global non-profit?... a network of contributors?... a global social change movement?... protectors of the open internet?

... it’s complicated.

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the “browser wars”http://home.snafu.de/tilman/mozilla/stomps.html

Mozilla history- (Jan) 1998 : Netscape starts open source Mozilla project- (Nov) 1998 : Netscape bought by AOL- 2003 : Mozilla Foundation created (3 employees)- 2004 : Mozilla Firefox 1.0 released- 2005 : Mozilla Corporation is created

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bringing together the people who are willing to stand up for - and build - the open internet together.

putting open into practice(+ paying it forward)

https://commonspace.wordpress.com/2015/07/15/web-literacy-and-leadership/

learningscienceadvocacyinternet of thingswomen & web literacycontributors

a global network of leaders

http://bit.ly/working_open

commitment to opendiversity of our networksbuilding with, not for

why Mozilla?

53+ hours, 36 cities, 700+ contributions

Mozilla Fellows

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whose responsibility is it to protect the open internet?

what is Mozilla?... a software engineering org?... a global non-profit?... a network of contributors?... a global social change movement?... protectors of the open internet?

...all of the above.

join us.

kaitlin@mozillafoundation.orgmozilla.org