<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">michael gurstein</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com">gurstein@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 2:18 PM<br>Subject: [ciresearchers] Toward a network commons: Building an Internet for and by the people<br>To: <a href="mailto:ciresearchers@vancouvercommunity.net">ciresearchers@vancouvercommunity.net</a>, <a href="mailto:cracin-canada@vancouvercommunity.net">cracin-canada@vancouvercommunity.net</a>, <a href="mailto:ci-research-sa@vancouvercommunity.net">ci-research-sa@vancouvercommunity.net</a><br>
Cc: Jenny Ryan <<a href="mailto:jenny@thepyre.org">jenny@thepyre.org</a>><br><br><br>Looks like there is a new generation of community networks developing...<br>
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From: On Behalf Of Jenny Ryan<br>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 12:55 AM<br>
Subject: Re: Toward a network commons: Building an Internet for and by the<br>
people<br>
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Hi all!<br>
<br>
Here's some more context on the Knight News grant proposal Gordon so kindly<br>
forwarded:<br>
<br>
A coalition of free/libre community-owned networks around the world has<br>
submitted an application for a Knight News Challenge grant aimed at<br>
strengthening the Internet for free expression and innovation.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/toward-a-network-co
mmons-building-an-internet-for-and-by-the-people" target="_blank">https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/toward-a-network-co<br>
mmons-building-an-internet-for-and-by-the-people</a><br>
<br>
Please check it out, give us feedback in the form of Comments, and some<br>
"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 guides<br>
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 support<br>
for free networks. Two weeks ago, a group of folks representing Sudo Mesh,<br>
wlan-slovenija, LA Meshnet, Kansas City Freedom Network and Austin Freenet<br>
converged in Austin for the Free Network Foundation's winter summit. It was<br>
an awesome, intensive couple of days with remote participation from several<br>
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>
<br>
* 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>
<br>
[2] The following groups helped draft the Knight News Challenge proposal,<br>
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>
* Réseau Libre in Montreal, QC, Canada<br>
<br>
Please forward this along to other free network groups not currently<br>
included on this roster!<br>
<br>
There is still time until April 22nd to refine the proposal. If anyone would<br>
like to add feedback or suggest edits/additions, please feel free to do so<br>
on our collaborative etherpad doc:<br>
<a href="https://pad.riseup.net/p/knightfoundapp" target="_blank">https://pad.riseup.net/p/knightfoundapp</a><br>
<br>
I am especially interested in the feedback from this community, which I've<br>
yet to formally introduce myself to. I think I'll save that for another post<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>
<br>
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<br>
_building_an_internet_for/</a><br>
<br>
- --<br>
Jenny<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>
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`<br>
"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."<br>
- -Laurie Anderson<br>
<br>
"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."<br>
- -Hannah Arendt<br>
<br>
"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."<br>
- -Stéphane Mallarmé<br>
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`<br>
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<br>
- --<br>
<br>
Jenny<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>
<br>
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`<br>
"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."<br>
- -Laurie Anderson<br>
<br>
"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."<br>
 -Hannah Arendt<br>
<br>
"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."<br>
- -Stéphane Mallarmé<br>
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`<br>
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