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Forwarded message: > From: WWWhatsup <[email protected]> > Reply To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, February 20, 2011 2:04:19 AM > Subject: [fc-nyu-discuss] Building the Technology Stack for Internet Freedom > > Apropos the mesh conversation during yesterday's session: > > > <http://gigaom.com/2011/02/17/building-the-technology-stack-for-internet-freedom/> > > Building the Technology Stack for Internet Freedom > > Hillary Clinton called for the U.S. to promote Internet freedoms earlier this > week and introduced a $25 million fund for technology companies that might > help with the task. The New America Foundation has already applied for a > grant under the program, which includes a $3.5 million proposal, of which > $500,000 will be funded by the New America Foundation itself. > > The mission? To build the technology stack for a distributed, open-source > telecommunications system. The project would combine well-known projects — > such as the open source voice projects Asterisk and OpenBTS – with new > projects for mesh networking known as The Serval Project and Commotion, > open-source firmware to enable routers to create an open mesh network. Dan > Meredith, a technologist at New America, broke it down for me, and said the > hope is to deliver communications in areas where Internet access is scarce, > but also among populations unable to use communications because of government > interference. While this technology stack would have been of limited use in > Egypt, it actually could have helped protesters in the country stay connected > to each other if not to the wider Internet. > > > > > > > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast > WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com > http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com > Secretary - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Free Culture @ NYU Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/fc-nyu-discuss?hl=en. >
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