[Advisors] Fwd: [ciresearchers] Toward a network commons: Building an Internet for and by the people

[David Murdoch]

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From: michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 2:18 PM
Subject: [ciresearchers] Toward a network commons: Building an Internet for
and by the people
To: ciresearchers at vancouvercommunity.net,
cracin-canada at vancouvercommunity.net, ci-research-sa at vancouvercommunity.net
Cc: Jenny Ryan <jenny at thepyre.org>


Looks like there is a new generation of community networks developing...

https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/toward-a-network-co
mmons-building-an-internet-for-and-by-the-people

M

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From: On Behalf Of Jenny Ryan
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 12:55 AM
Subject: Re: Toward a network commons: Building an Internet for and by the
people

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Hi all!

Here's some more context on the Knight News grant proposal Gordon so kindly
forwarded:

A coalition of free/libre community-owned networks around the world has
submitted an application for a Knight News Challenge grant aimed at
strengthening the Internet for free expression and innovation.

https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/toward-a-network-co
mmons-building-an-internet-for-and-by-the-people

Please check it out, give us feedback in the form of Comments, and some
"Applause" if you dig the idea!

The goal of funding is trifold:
* To support the development of the Network Commons License[1] and an
organization to uphold it,
* To support an international Free Networks summit to gather together
representatives of free networks[2] in one place to share ideas and
resources toward creating the aforementioned organization,
* To support the creation of educational materials, workshops, and guides
for the construction and maintenance of free networks.

[1] There is currently an effort underway to develop a Network Commons
License - similar to a Creative Commons License - to enable legal support
for free networks. Two weeks ago, a group of folks representing Sudo Mesh,
wlan-slovenija, LA Meshnet, Kansas City Freedom Network and Austin Freenet
converged in Austin for the Free Network Foundation's winter summit. It was
an awesome, intensive couple of days with remote participation from several
other groups.
You can read notes from the summit here:
https://commons.thefnf.org/index.php/2014WinterSummitMondayNotes

* Draft of the Free Network Definition:
https://commons.thefnf.org/index.php/Free_network_definition
* Draft of the Network Commons License:
https://commons.thefnf.org/index.php/Network_Commons_License

[2] The following groups helped draft the Knight News Challenge proposal,
and we intend to reach out to many more in the coming weeks:

* Sudo Mesh, launching the People's Open Network in Oakland, CA
* Kansas City Freedom Network, in close alliance with the Free Network
Foundation in Kansas City, MO.
* wlan-slovenija across Slovenia and connecting Austria and Croatia!
* Altermundi in Argentina
* Guifi.net in Catalonia
* Freifunk in Germany
* Ninux in Italy
* MedellinLibre in Medellin, Columbia
* Village Telco in South Africa
* Fédération FDN in France
* Réseau Libre in Montreal, QC, Canada

Please forward this along to other free network groups not currently
included on this roster!

There is still time until April 22nd to refine the proposal. If anyone would
like to add feedback or suggest edits/additions, please feel free to do so
on our collaborative etherpad doc:
https://pad.riseup.net/p/knightfoundapp

I am especially interested in the feedback from this community, which I've
yet to formally introduce myself to. I think I'll save that for another post

Twitter Post (precisely 140 characters):
Support an international coalition of community #mesh networks:
Applaud our #newschallenge proposal for a net commons kng.ht/1dmIsCF

On Reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/darknetplan/comments/20wm92/toward_a_network_commons
_building_an_internet_for/

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Jenny
http://jennyryan.net
http://sudomesh.org
http://thevirtualcampfire.org
http://technomadic.tumblr.com
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"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
- -Laurie Anderson

"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
- -Hannah Arendt

"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
- -Stéphane Mallarmé
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Jenny
http://jennyryan.net
http://sudomesh.org
http://thevirtualcampfire.org
http://technomadic.tumblr.com

`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
- -Laurie Anderson

"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
 -Hannah Arendt

"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
- -Stéphane Mallarmé
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
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