Hey Alec, we are not modifying Diaspora so that we could use it on our mesh network. We are contributing to the development of the project in general and trying to help it become a viable alternative to existing social networks as soon as possible.
Martin 2011/4/7 Alec Story <[email protected]> > I'm curious: why do you need to modify diaspora at all? If you're > providing a normal IP stack, shouldn't it just work? > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Isaac Wilder <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hey y'all, >> >> I meant to respond ages ago. I'm glad this came back up. I'm Isaac >> from the Grinnell group that was at the conference. (Hi Alec!) >> >> Yes, we use BATMAN/adv in our mesh. It's not half bad, but there's >> definitely room for improvement on the mesh protocol front. We're also >> hacking Diaspora to work on grinnellMIND - every network needs a >> killer app. >> >> We don't have code of our own, but we contribute to global-scale >> open-source projects to suit our needs. I do hope you'll explore our >> wiki, though. In particular, take a look at our roadmap to network >> that is owned by the whole of humanity. It could use some work, but >> then, that's the whole point of a wiki! >> >> Here's the link: >> >> http://www.freenetworkmovement.org/commons/index.php?title=Freenet_Manifesto >> >> >> >> take care, >> imw >> >> >> On 04/07/2011 05:44 PM, sarvōdaya wrote: >> > It looks interesting, and i hope it goes somewhere. It would be >> > awesome to have a wifi mesh network on every college campus for >> > file sharing (to start). >> > >> > Maybe this map will be useful as well: >> > http://darknetmap.zone42.ca/ >> > >> > This is the website for the grinnell folks: >> > http://freenetworkmovement.org >> > <http://freenetworkmovement.org/><http://freenetworkmovement.org/> >> >> > >> > I see manifesto looking stuff, but no software or code >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 08:38, Alec Story <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > I was reading the list of changes to the new kernel (2.6.38) and >> > saw this: >> > >> > >> > 1.6. B.A.T.M.A.N. Mesh protocol >> > >> > B.A.T.M.A.N. is an alias for "Better Approach To Mobile Adhoc >> > Networking". An ad hoc network is a decentralized network that does >> > not rely on a preexisting infrastructure, such as routers in wired >> > networks or access points in managed (infrastructure) wireless >> > networks. Instead, each node participates in routing by forwarding >> > data for other nodes, and so the determination of which nodes >> > forward data is made dynamically based on the network >> > connectivity. B.A.T.M.A.N. is a routing protocol implementation ot >> > these networks. B.A.T.M.A.N is useful for emergency situations like >> > natural disasters, military conflicts or Internet censorship. More >> > information about this project can be found at >> > http://www.open-mesh.org/ >> > >> > >> > Does this relate at all to what the folks at the conference from >> > Grinnell were doing? >> > >> > -- Alec Story Cornell University Biological Sciences, Computer >> > Science 2012 >> > >> > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing >> > list [email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]><[email protected]> >> > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: >> > http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- .sarvōdaya >> > >> > [𝄽#] The Silent Number http://thesilentnumber.me/ ☮♥Ⓐ >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing >> >> > list [email protected] >> > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: >> > http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >> >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNnl0vAAoJEA8fUKCD77NLwbkH/3r4ie2NG6B28hyosK5wDxwm >> Ih+R/KcWXhAZCqYIJQqzviF57yuokKa+xVNBLMkrsSgvAa/cxd0nW1jY4FxRufRv >> bRM9g02GdgG9tQSKJ/SRGmVK4dxF+sB01VwcsH0BalBAVWirdzeHMlpWBjlo7u1A >> 4vOYQk1iEi/93aOeWXfa2NIsAu2kHSfbLULnXAM7TOyChM1GAd7pZkYlSHJflPsg >> 8qni/2v1CdskwMshIx0hJSGFn50izPX8TVsBM6Sl535VEl2sZs35xc7jB5Y3V0pj >> zhTvhd91yVg4IUDrw0fMMmQC3t3xXwEh57+K89cKEUP+7BHVucXu+BPv8UBfHXs= >> =BNyU >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >> >> > > > -- > Alec Story > Cornell University > Biological Sciences, Computer Science 2012 > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > >
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