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imported>Giuseppeciaccio: /* The Five Freedoms */

2012-02-07T10:03:29Z

The Five Freedoms

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	===The Five Freedoms===		===The Five Freedoms===
	The idea of [[material peer-to-peer]] captures this notion, but it does little to explain its far-reaching and appreciable benefits. We summarize these benefits in what we call the [[~~Freenet Manifesto~~\|five freedoms]]: [[access]], [[transmission]], [[storage]], [[authentication]], and [[consignment]].		The idea of [[#Material_Peer-to-peer\|material peer-to-peer]] captures this notion, but it does little to explain its far-reaching and appreciable benefits. We summarize these benefits in what we call the [[Free network definition\|five freedoms]]: [[access]], [[transmission]], [[storage]], [[authentication]], and [[consignment]].

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	====Consignment====		====Consignment====
	The fifth and final freedom is consignment - the ability to perform exacting mechanisms of access control. In large part, this is about making it easy to see and manipulate individual privacy settings, yet it is also contingent upon storing one's data locally. When people own their own data, and are able to decide exactly who can access it, bit consignment becomes a willing, rather than unwitting action.		The fifth and final freedom is consignment - the ability to perform exacting mechanisms of access control. In large part, this is about making it easy to see and manipulate individual privacy settings, yet it is also contingent upon storing one's data locally. When people own their own data, and are able to decide exactly who can access it, bit consignment becomes a willing, rather than unwitting action.



	===Overview===		===Overview===

imported>Giuseppeciaccio: /* Material Peer-to-peer */

2012-02-07T09:49:29Z

Material Peer-to-peer

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	===Material Peer-to-peer===		===Material Peer-to-peer===
	The most salient feature of the Free Network architecture is its ability to enable communications that are ''materially'' rather than ''logically'' peer-to-peer. In [[logical peer-to-peer]], the pattern of value exchange is peer-to-peer, but the pattern of information exchange is not. This is what we have today with, for example, [http://p2pfoundation.net/Bittorrent \| BitTorrent] or [http://p2pfoundation.net/Gnutella \| GNUtella], [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Freenet \| Freenet Project] or [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/I2p \| I2p]. Value moves from peer to peer, but the information itself passes through an intermediary (the Internet Service Provider). We are not truly engaging in peer-exchange when we involve a paid, third-party provider for bit moving. Such activity fits the peer-to-peer model only at the level of the application layer, a logical overlay, the very highest layer of the network stack.		The most salient feature of the Free Network architecture is its ability to enable communications that are ''materially'' rather than ''logically'' peer-to-peer. In [[logical peer-to-peer]], the pattern of value exchange is peer-to-peer, but the pattern of information exchange is not. This is what we have today with, for example, [http://p2pfoundation.net/Bittorrent BitTorrent] or [http://p2pfoundation.net/Gnutella GNUtella], [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Freenet Freenet Project] or [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/I2p I2p]. Value moves from peer to peer, but the information itself passes through an intermediary (the Internet Service Provider). We are not truly engaging in peer-exchange when we involve a paid, third-party provider for bit moving. Such activity fits the peer-to-peer model only at the level of the application layer, a logical overlay, the very highest layer of the network stack.

imported>Giuseppeciaccio at 09:43, 7 February 2012

2012-02-07T09:43:58Z

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	===Material Peer-to-peer===		===Material Peer-to-peer===
	The most salient feature of the Free Network architecture is its ability to enable communications that are ''materially'' rather than ''logically'' peer-to-peer. In [[logical peer-to-peer]], the pattern of value exchange is peer-to-peer, but the pattern of information exchange is not. This is what we have today with, for example, [http://p2pfoundation.net/Bittorrent\| BitTorrent] or [http://p2pfoundation.net/Gnutella\| GNUtella], [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Freenet\| Freenet Project] or [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/I2p\| I2p]. Value moves from peer to peer, but the information itself passes through an intermediary (the Internet Service Provider). We are not truly engaging in peer-exchange when we involve a paid, third-party provider for bit moving. Such activity fits the peer-to-peer model only at the level of the application layer, a logical overlay, the very highest layer of the network stack.		The most salient feature of the Free Network architecture is its ability to enable communications that are ''materially'' rather than ''logically'' peer-to-peer. In [[logical peer-to-peer]], the pattern of value exchange is peer-to-peer, but the pattern of information exchange is not. This is what we have today with, for example, [http://p2pfoundation.net/Bittorrent \| BitTorrent] or [http://p2pfoundation.net/Gnutella \| GNUtella], [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Freenet \| Freenet Project] or [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/I2p \| I2p]. Value moves from peer to peer, but the information itself passes through an intermediary (the Internet Service Provider). We are not truly engaging in peer-exchange when we involve a paid, third-party provider for bit moving. Such activity fits the peer-to-peer model only at the level of the application layer, a logical overlay, the very highest layer of the network stack.

imported>LynX: Distributed Social Networks

2011-11-11T18:28:16Z

Distributed Social Networks

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	In the past few years, many initiatives have emerged that aim to build a social web built on open standards, where a federation of servers, rather than a single behemoth, stores user profiles. Notable efforts include [[GNU Social]], [[Friendika]], [[Buddycloud]] and [[Diaspora]]. Not all of these projects are interoperable as yet, but they are increasingly converging on a set of standards.		In the past few years, many initiatives have emerged that aim to build a social web built on open standards, where a federation of servers, rather than a single behemoth, stores user profiles. Notable efforts include [[GNU Social]], [[Friendika]], [[Buddycloud]] and [[Diaspora]]. Not all of these projects are interoperable as yet, but they are increasingly converging on a set of standards.

			[[OStatus]] and [[XMPP]] have emerged as viable protocols in the space of status sharing and message passing. All of the networks mentioned above employ some combination of these two platforms.

	~~[[OStatus]] and [[XMPP]] have emerged as category killers in the space of status sharing and message passing. All of the networks mentioned above employ some combination of these two platforms.~~		Of note, however, is that ''all'' of the federated social platforms mentioned above, regardless of other design parameters, are intended to run on a ''server''. The ideas motivating these efforts are good ones: to encourage decentralization of infrastructure, and help people take some control of their own data. Yet, existing solutions have not accomplished this outcome, because the barriers to entry and technical knowledge required to operate today's servers are prohibitively high. Thus the need for [[FreedomNode\|nodal computers]] to take part in the federated social web.


	Of note, however, is that ''all'' of the federated social platforms mentioned above, regardless of other design parameters, are intended to run on a ''server''. The ideas motivating these efforts are good ones: to encourage decentralization of infrastructure, and help people take some control of their own data. Yet, existing solutions have not accomplished this outcome, because the barriers to entry and technical knowledge required to operate today's servers are prohibitively high. Thus the need for [[FreedomNode\|nodal computers]].

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	It is not enough to settle for communications that are encrypted, but peer-to-peer on the logical level only. The advent of the nodal computer represents an opportunity to change the nature of our communications in a more fundamental way. Yet, in order to do so, we will need a naming system that is decentralized, and mesh networking technology that makes configuring a node as easy as turning it on.		It is not enough to settle for communications that are encrypted, but peer-to-peer on the logical level only. The advent of the nodal computer represents an opportunity to change the nature of our communications in a more fundamental way. Yet, in order to do so, we will need a naming system that is decentralized, and mesh networking technology that makes configuring a node as easy as turning it on.

			====Distributed Social Networks====

			There are also social initiatives which operate in a more P2P-oriented style with all social computation and modeling happening in a software running on the user's device itself. [http://socialswarm.net Social Swarm], a working group of the German digital rights foundation FoeBuD, is researching such solutions as they bear the very favorable feature of enabling end-to-end encryption between all communication members, leaving no unencrypted data on server nodes. In contrast to the ''federated social web'', this solution would require no installation of nodal computers in people's homes.

	====Distributed Global Names====		====Distributed Global Names====

imported>Martin: /* Components */

2011-09-11T22:25:59Z

Components

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	Within any group of 200-300 FreedomTowers would be a single [[FreedomLink]], serving a population of up to a million, connecting them to an Internet backbone. The ''FLink'' would communicate with the towers over 3650MHz, and maintain a mutihomed fiber connection to the Internet Protocol core. It would, again, be owned and operated by the community, allowing them to ~~particpate~~ in the actual Internet by speaking [[BGP]] to other networks.		Within any group of 200-300 FreedomTowers would be a single [[FreedomLink]], serving a population of up to a million, connecting them to an Internet backbone. The ''FLink'' would communicate with the towers over 3650MHz, and maintain a mutihomed fiber connection to the Internet Protocol core. It would, again, be owned and operated by the community, allowing them to participate in the actual Internet by speaking [[BGP]] to other networks.

imported>Isaac: end of components

2011-08-31T22:35:16Z

end of components

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	This may sound like no small feat, and that's certainly true, but the Free Network Movement has a truly practicable plan for making this vision a reality. ~~First, though, let's explore some~~ of ~~the many advantages that such a system would present~~.		This may sound like no small feat, and that's certainly true, but the Free Network Movement has a truly practicable plan for making this vision a reality. Our strategic vision is explained in detail in Section 4 of this document.

	==Context==		==Context==

imported>Isaac: /* Material Peer-to-peer */ links

2011-08-31T22:28:37Z

Material Peer-to-peer: links

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	===Material Peer-to-peer===		===Material Peer-to-peer===
	The most salient feature of the Free Network architecture is its ability to enable communications that are ''materially'' rather than ''logically'' peer-to-peer. In [[logical peer-to-peer]], the pattern of value exchange is peer-to-peer, but the pattern of information exchange is not. This is what we have today with, for example, [http://p2pfoundation.net/Bittorrent\| BitTorrent] or [http://p2pfoundation.net/Gnutella\|GNUtella], [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Freenet\|Freenet Project] or [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/I2p\|I2p]. Value moves from peer to peer, but the information itself passes through an intermediary (the Internet Service Provider). We are not truly engaging in peer-exchange when we involve a paid, third-party provider for bit moving. Such activity fits the peer-to-peer model only at the level of the application layer, a logical overlay, the very highest layer of the network stack.		The most salient feature of the Free Network architecture is its ability to enable communications that are ''materially'' rather than ''logically'' peer-to-peer. In [[logical peer-to-peer]], the pattern of value exchange is peer-to-peer, but the pattern of information exchange is not. This is what we have today with, for example, [http://p2pfoundation.net/Bittorrent\| BitTorrent] or [http://p2pfoundation.net/Gnutella\| GNUtella], [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Freenet\| Freenet Project] or [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/I2p\| I2p]. Value moves from peer to peer, but the information itself passes through an intermediary (the Internet Service Provider). We are not truly engaging in peer-exchange when we involve a paid, third-party provider for bit moving. Such activity fits the peer-to-peer model only at the level of the application layer, a logical overlay, the very highest layer of the network stack.

imported>Isaac: /* Material Peer-to-peer */ links

2011-08-31T22:28:01Z

Material Peer-to-peer: links

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	===Material Peer-to-peer===		===Material Peer-to-peer===
	The most salient feature of the Free Network architecture is its ability to enable communications that are ''materially'' rather than ''logically'' peer-to-peer. In [[logical peer-to-peer]], the pattern of value exchange is peer-to-peer, but the pattern of information exchange is not. This is what we have today with, for example, [http://p2pfoundation.net/Bittorrent\| BitTorrent] or [[GNUtella]], [[Freenet Project]] or [~~[I2P]~~]. Value moves from peer to peer, but the information itself passes through an intermediary (the Internet Service Provider). We are not truly engaging in peer-exchange when we involve a paid, third-party provider for bit moving. Such activity fits the peer-to-peer model only at the level of the application layer, a logical overlay, the very highest layer of the network stack.		The most salient feature of the Free Network architecture is its ability to enable communications that are ''materially'' rather than ''logically'' peer-to-peer. In [[logical peer-to-peer]], the pattern of value exchange is peer-to-peer, but the pattern of information exchange is not. This is what we have today with, for example, [http://p2pfoundation.net/Bittorrent\| BitTorrent] or [http://p2pfoundation.net/Gnutella\|GNUtella], [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Freenet\|Freenet Project] or [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/I2p\|I2p]. Value moves from peer to peer, but the information itself passes through an intermediary (the Internet Service Provider). We are not truly engaging in peer-exchange when we involve a paid, third-party provider for bit moving. Such activity fits the peer-to-peer model only at the level of the application layer, a logical overlay, the very highest layer of the network stack.

imported>Isaac: /* Material Peer-to-peer */ link

2011-08-31T22:26:05Z

Material Peer-to-peer: link

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	===Material Peer-to-peer===		===Material Peer-to-peer===
	The most salient feature of the Free Network architecture is its ability to enable communications that are ''materially'' rather than ''logically'' peer-to-peer. In [[logical peer-to-peer]], the pattern of value exchange is peer-to-peer, but the pattern of information exchange is not. This is what we have today with, for example, [[http://p2pfoundation.net/Bittorrent\| BitTorrent]] or [[GNUtella]], [[Freenet Project]] or [[I2P]]. Value moves from peer to peer, but the information itself passes through an intermediary (the Internet Service Provider). We are not truly engaging in peer-exchange when we involve a paid, third-party provider for bit moving. Such activity fits the peer-to-peer model only at the level of the application layer, a logical overlay, the very highest layer of the network stack.		The most salient feature of the Free Network architecture is its ability to enable communications that are ''materially'' rather than ''logically'' peer-to-peer. In [[logical peer-to-peer]], the pattern of value exchange is peer-to-peer, but the pattern of information exchange is not. This is what we have today with, for example, [http://p2pfoundation.net/Bittorrent\| BitTorrent] or [[GNUtella]], [[Freenet Project]] or [[I2P]]. Value moves from peer to peer, but the information itself passes through an intermediary (the Internet Service Provider). We are not truly engaging in peer-exchange when we involve a paid, third-party provider for bit moving. Such activity fits the peer-to-peer model only at the level of the application layer, a logical overlay, the very highest layer of the network stack.

imported>Isaac: /* Material Peer-to-peer */ link

2011-08-31T22:25:38Z

Material Peer-to-peer: link

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	===Material Peer-to-peer===		===Material Peer-to-peer===
	The most salient feature of the Free Network architecture is its ability to enable communications that are ''materially'' rather than ''logically'' peer-to-peer. In [[logical peer-to-peer]], the pattern of value exchange is peer-to-peer, but the pattern of information exchange is not. This is what we have today with, for example, [[http://p2pfoundation.net/Bittorrent\|BitTorrent]] or [[GNUtella]], [[Freenet Project]] or [[I2P]]. Value moves from peer to peer, but the information itself passes through an intermediary (the Internet Service Provider). We are not truly engaging in peer-exchange when we involve a paid, third-party provider for bit moving. Such activity fits the peer-to-peer model only at the level of the application layer, a logical overlay, the very highest layer of the network stack.		The most salient feature of the Free Network architecture is its ability to enable communications that are ''materially'' rather than ''logically'' peer-to-peer. In [[logical peer-to-peer]], the pattern of value exchange is peer-to-peer, but the pattern of information exchange is not. This is what we have today with, for example, [[http://p2pfoundation.net/Bittorrent\| BitTorrent]] or [[GNUtella]], [[Freenet Project]] or [[I2P]]. Value moves from peer to peer, but the information itself passes through an intermediary (the Internet Service Provider). We are not truly engaging in peer-exchange when we involve a paid, third-party provider for bit moving. Such activity fits the peer-to-peer model only at the level of the application layer, a logical overlay, the very highest layer of the network stack.