[sudo-discuss] International Community/Mesh Network Coalition

[Marc Juul]

Totally sent that to the wrong hackerspace mailing list :-S

Sorryyyyyy.

On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Marc Juul <juul at labitat.dk> wrote:
> Hi Labitators!
>
> We're starting a coalition for an international coalition of
> free/libre community and mesh networks. One of the first goals is to
> define a license for free networks similar to a free software license,
> so that all of the current free networks can connect to each other.
>
> We're trying to get funding from the Night Foundation and your tweets,
> facebook likes, etc. will help a lot! Here's the main link with more
> info:
>
>   https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/toward-a-network-commons-building-an-internet-for-and-by-the-people
>
> Also, thanks to everyone from Labitat who helped fund our local
> Oakland mesh project! Here's a small status update:
>
> We've developed a new OpenWRT compatible firmware based on German and
> Slovenian projects + our own code. We are currently testing ~25 nodes
> deployed around the bay area to find and eliminate the worst bugs
> before a wider release of ~100 nodes. We've been developing an
> automated mesh node deployment system that allows us to take supported
> routers out of the box and flash and configure them for use in our
> network with minimal human intervention. It is almost complete, and it
> uses the sticker printer program developed by Asbjorn from Labitat to
> automatically print a sticker with your basic info (e.g. your default
> password) that we stick on the the routers before shipping to new node
> operators.
>
> One of the awesome things about our firmware is that it allows you to
> choose how much of your own internet connection you want to share with
> the mesh, and all mesh traffic is routed through a VPN owned by the
> local mesh organization which handles all abuse complaints or legal
> inquiries. This functionality makes the mesh nodes immediately useful,
> even before we reach a node density where new nodes are likely to be
> within reach of existing nodes. This concept was first implemented by
> wlan slovenja so all credit to them!
>
> Our local non-profit mesh organization is called sudo mesh (
> https://sudomesh.org ) and the network is called People's Open Network
> ( https://peoplesopen.net ). sudo mesh is providing a firmware and
> support for getting on peoplesopen.net and will start selling
> pre-flashed routers for peoplesopen.net later this year. sudo mesh is
> focused on Oakland. We are making sudo mesh an easily forkable
> organization, with all material (legal documents, code, marketing
> material, documentation) available under open licenses, and we are
> encouraging others to create groups like sudo mesh that support
> peoplesopen.net in other geographic areas.
>
> If someone wants to start a mesh organization in e.g. Copenhagen, as a
> fork of sudo mesh, then reach out to info at sudomesh.org and we will do
> our best to facilitate!
>
> --
> marc/juul