The Internet is an integral part of modern life—a key component in education, communication, collaboration, business, entertainment and society as a whole.
	The Internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible.
	The Internet must enrich the lives of individual human beings.
	Individuals’ security and privacy on the Internet are fundamental and must not be treated as optional.
	Individuals must have the ability to shape the Internet and their own experiences on the Internet.
	The effectiveness of the Internet as a public resource depends upon interoperability (protocols, data formats, content), innovation and decentralized participation worldwide.
	Free and open source software promotes the development of the Internet as a public resource.
	Transparent community-based processes promote participation, accountability and trust.
	Commercial involvement in the development of the Internet brings many benefits; a balance between commercial profit and public benefit is critical.
	Magnifying the public benefit aspects of the Internet is an important goal, worthy of time, attention and commitment.

The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally.

In collaboration with a network of chapters, the Foundation provides the essential infrastructure and an organizational framework for the support and development of multilingual wiki projects and other endeavors which serve this mission. The Foundation will make and keep useful information from its projects available on the Internet free of charge, in perpetuity. 

Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment.