<p dir="ltr">If the wireless license they propose is like guifis this is pretty cool...<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Jenny Ryan" <<a href="mailto:jenny@thepyre.org">jenny@thepyre.org</a>><br>Date: Mar 27, 2014 4:27 PM<br>Subject: [Battlemesh] Toward a network commons: Building an Internet for and by the people.<br>
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Greetings Battlemeshers!<br>
<br>
A coalition of free/libre community-owned networks around the world<br>
has submitted an application for a Knight News Challenge grant aimed<br>
at strengthening the Internet for free expression and innovation.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/toward-a-network-commons-building-an-internet-for-and-by-the-people" target="_blank">https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/toward-a-network-commons-building-an-internet-for-and-by-the-people</a><br>

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Please check it out, give us feedback in the form of Comments, and<br>
some "Applause" if you dig the idea!<br>
<br>
The goal of funding is trifold:<br>
* To support the development of the Network Commons License[1] and an<br>
organization to uphold it,<br>
* To support an international Free Networks summit to gather together<br>
representatives of free networks[2] in one place to share ideas and<br>
resources toward creating the aforementioned organization,<br>
* To support the creation of educational materials, workshops, and<br>
guides for the construction and maintenance of free networks.<br>
<br>
[1] There is currently an effort underway to develop a Network Commons<br>
License - similar to a Creative Commons License - to enable legal<br>
support for free networks. Two weeks ago, a group of folks<br>
representing Sudo Mesh, wlan-slovenija, LA Meshnet, Kansas City<br>
Freedom Network and Austin Freenet converged in Austin for the Free<br>
Network Foundation's winter summit. It was an awesome, intensive<br>
couple of days with remote participation from several other groups.<br>
You can read notes from the summit here:<br>
<a href="https://commons.thefnf.org/index.php/2014WinterSummitMondayNotes" target="_blank">https://commons.thefnf.org/index.php/2014WinterSummitMondayNotes</a><br>
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* Draft of the Free Network Definition:<br>
<a href="https://commons.thefnf.org/index.php/Free_network_definition" target="_blank">https://commons.thefnf.org/index.php/Free_network_definition</a><br>
* Draft of the Network Commons License:<br>
<a href="https://commons.thefnf.org/index.php/Network_Commons_License" target="_blank">https://commons.thefnf.org/index.php/Network_Commons_License</a><br>
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[2] The following groups helped draft the Knight News Challenge<br>
proposal, and we intend to reach out to many more in the coming weeks:<br>
<br>
* Sudo Mesh, launching the People's Open Network in Oakland, CA<br>
* Kansas City Freedom Network, in close alliance with the Free Network<br>
Foundation in Kansas City, MO.<br>
* wlan-slovenija across Slovenia and connecting Austria and Croatia!<br>
* Altermundi in Argentina<br>
* Guifi.net in Catalonia<br>
* Freifunk in Germany<br>
* Ninux in Italy<br>
* MedellinLibre in Medellin, Columbia<br>
* Village Telco in South Africa<br>
* Fédération FDN in France<br>
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Please forward this along to other free network groups not currently<br>
included on this roster!<br>
<br>
Twitter Post (precisely 140 characters):<br>
Support an international coalition of community #mesh networks:<br>
Applaud our #newschallenge proposal for a net commons <a href="http://kng.ht/1dmIsCF" target="_blank">kng.ht/1dmIsCF</a><br>
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Upvote us on Reddit:<br>
<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/darknetplan/comments/20wm92/toward_a_network_commons_building_an_internet_for/" target="_blank">http://www.reddit.com/r/darknetplan/comments/20wm92/toward_a_network_commons_building_an_internet_for/</a><br>

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Many thanks for your support and all the good work you do,<br>
Jenny Ryan<br>
<a href="http://jennyryan.net" target="_blank">http://jennyryan.net</a><br>
<a href="http://sudomesh.org" target="_blank">http://sudomesh.org</a><br>
<a href="http://thevirtualcampfire.org" target="_blank">http://thevirtualcampfire.org</a><br>
<a href="http://technomadic.tumblr.com" target="_blank">http://technomadic.tumblr.com</a><br>
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"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."<br>
- -Laurie Anderson<br>
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"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining<br>
it."<br>
- -Hannah Arendt<br>
<br>
"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."<br>
- -Stéphane Mallarmé<br>
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