Freenet Manifesto - Revision history

imported>Hozer at 00:23, 21 November 2011

2011-11-21T00:23:56Z

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	Stage 1: The Co-op		== Stage 1: The Co-op ==

	Stage one consists of the emergence of network access		Stage one consists of the emergence of network access
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	(reduced cost) makes this an easy sell to the people.		(reduced cost) makes this an easy sell to the people.

	Stage 2: The Digital Village		== Stage 2: The Digital Village ==

	The unseen benefit of the aforementioned co-ops is that they wrest		The unseen benefit of the aforementioned co-ops is that they wrest
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	I have chosen to use Diaspora as an example.		I have chosen to use Diaspora as an example.

	Stage 3: Towards Unity		== Stage 3: Towards Unity ==

	Stages 2 and 3 are ~~seperated~~ here for clarity, but it seems likely		Stages 2 and 3 are separated here for clarity, but it seems likely
	that stage 3 will begin shortly after stage 2, and take place		that stage 3 will begin shortly after stage 2, and take place
	concomitantly. Stage 3 is quite simple. Using packet ~~tunnelling~~		concomitantly. Stage 3 is quite simple. Using packet tunneling
	(something like Freenet or TOR, to give an idea) in concert with the		(something like Freenet or TOR, to give an idea) in concert with the
	existing global network, we can simulate the contiguity of		existing global network, we can simulate the contiguity of
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	Stage 4, please.		Stage 4, please.

	Stage 4: A Backbone of our Own		== Stage 4: A Backbone of our Own ==
	Stage 4 is when the dream of true co-ownership becomes a reality.		Stage 4 is when the dream of true co-ownership becomes a reality.
	We are already starting in on what needs to be done here, because it's		We are already starting in on what needs to be done here, because it's
	a pretty tall order, and will take some time. (You gotta do what you		a pretty tall order, and will take some time. (You gotta do what you
	gotta do). In Stage 4, we replace ~~the corporate~~-owned fiber ~~backbone~~		gotta do). In Stage 4, we replace investor-owned fiber backbones
	with ~~a backbone of our own~~. ~~We believe that this will be accomplished~~		with user-owned backbones.
	~~via either a constellation of telecommunications satellites or the~~
	~~construction of HF or Whitespace radios .~~ This won't come cheap, but		This won't come cheap, but freedom is never free. It will take time,
	~~as Patrick was saying~~, the ~~upfront cost is all that we'll ever have~~ to		attention, energy, and materials. Community owned fiber networks, funded
	~~pay.~~ Satellite dishes or TV-Band towers ~~would~~ replace the pipes that		by real-estate loans from member-owned credit unions can be built. Some
			creative sofware developers in a city can develop an open-source precision
			farming system, and provide support and maintenance, in exchange for having
			some of those farmers using it to run a tiling machine plow across the
			prairies, burying 100 gigabit capable fiber bundles from Denver to Chicago.

			Satellite dishes or TV-Band towers could replace the pipes that
	used to come from the ISP, and their connectivity could be distributed		used to come from the ISP, and their connectivity could be distributed
	throughout every digital village. The only cost that anyone would ever		throughout every digital village. The only cost that anyone would ever
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	be integrated into a PC, or shareable stand alone). Not everyone will		be integrated into a PC, or shareable stand alone). Not everyone will
	be able to afford a node, which is why the roadmap doesn't end with		be able to afford a node, which is why the roadmap doesn't end with
	~~Stage 4.~~

	Stage 5: A Human Right		== Stage 5: A Human Right ==
	Once the Mesh Interface for Network Devices is global, we can		Once the Mesh Interface for Network Devices is global, we can
	focus our energies towards providing a node to anyone who wants one.		focus our energies towards providing a node to anyone who wants one.
	We believe that access to the network is a human right, and this is		We believe that access to the network is a human right, and this is
	our vision for supplying it to all of humanity.		our vision for supplying it to all of humanity.

			We must be able to articulate what the basic human right for network
			access is. How many bits per second, and what is the acceptable latency?
			The existing commercial network could easily carry several megabits
			in the framing overhead of 10 gigabit networks. Having thousands of free
			network users who report outages as they happen becomes the world's most
			effective and advanced method for providing reliable zero-downtime
			business class network service.

			Businesses which do not see the long-term people, planet, and profits
			benefit of unfiltered (but bandwidth limited) freedom network access
			will be out of business in 25 years.

imported>Isaac: format

2011-04-08T00:53:22Z

format

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	Stage 1: The Co-op		Stage 1: The Co-op
	Stage one consists of the emergence of network access
			Stage one consists of the emergence of network access
	cooperatives. Stage one has already begun, so instead of speaking		cooperatives. Stage one has already begun, so instead of speaking
	hypothetically, I will tell you what it looks like on the ground. I'm		hypothetically, I will tell you what it looks like on the ground. I'm
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	(reduced cost) makes this an easy sell to the people.		(reduced cost) makes this an easy sell to the people.

	Stage 2: The Digital Village		Stage 2: The Digital Village
	The unseen benefit of the aforementioned co-ops is that they wrest
			The unseen benefit of the aforementioned co-ops is that they wrest
	the terminal nodes of the network away from the control of the		the terminal nodes of the network away from the control of the
	telco/ISP hegemony. This provides for the opportunity of network		telco/ISP hegemony. This provides for the opportunity of network
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	I have chosen to use Diaspora as an example.		I have chosen to use Diaspora as an example.

	Stage 3: Towards Unity		Stage 3: Towards Unity
	Stages 2 and 3 are seperated here for clarity, but it seems likely
			Stages 2 and 3 are seperated here for clarity, but it seems likely
	that stage 3 will begin shortly after stage 2, and take place		that stage 3 will begin shortly after stage 2, and take place
	concomitantly. Stage 3 is quite simple. Using packet tunnelling		concomitantly. Stage 3 is quite simple. Using packet tunnelling
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	Stage 4, please.		Stage 4, please.

	Stage 4: A Backbone of our Own		Stage 4: A Backbone of our Own
	Stage 4 is when the dream of true co-ownership becomes a reality.		Stage 4 is when the dream of true co-ownership becomes a reality.
	We are already starting in on what needs to be done here, because it's		We are already starting in on what needs to be done here, because it's
	a pretty tall order, and will take some time. (You gotta do what you		a pretty tall order, and will take some time. (You gotta do what you
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	Stage 4.		Stage 4.

	Stage 5: A Human Right		Stage 5: A Human Right
	Once the Mesh Interface for Network Devices is global, we can		Once the Mesh Interface for Network Devices is global, we can
	focus our energies towards providing a node to anyone who wants one.		focus our energies towards providing a node to anyone who wants one.
	We believe that access to the network is a human right, and this is		We believe that access to the network is a human right, and this is
	our vision for supplying it to all of humanity.		our vision for supplying it to all of humanity.

imported>Isaac: the manifesto

2011-04-07T23:56:13Z

the manifesto

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Stage 1: The Co-op
Stage one consists of the emergence of network access
cooperatives. Stage one has already begun, so instead of speaking
hypothetically, I will tell you what it looks like on the ground. I'm
not entirely sure of the legality, but I am sure of the justice. Here
in Grinnell, IA, the Free Network Movement has built a mesh network
that we call grinnellMIND. It allows us to share a single internet
connection amongst many physically disparate locations. I live on
Broad Street, Dylan lives on Main Street, Martin lives on Park Street,
and Anna lives on East. We and many others are able to purchase
Internet access cooperatively, thus driving down the amount that each
of us pays. This works especially well because of the asynchronous
nature of network usage - if we each bought our own connections, they
would lay dormant much of the time. We imagine that some day, the
entire town of Grinnell might purchase access cooperatively. That day
has not yet arrived, but we think it is on its way. This struggle for
collective purchasing will have to happen in many towns and cities,
the world over. It will have to happen for city blocks and
subdivisions, in residential towers and intentional communities. This
won't be easy to accomplish, especially when telcos catch wind of
what's going on. Still, the obvious economic advantage to the end user
(reduced cost) makes this an easy sell to the people.

Stage 2: The Digital Village
The unseen benefit of the aforementioned co-ops is that they wrest
the terminal nodes of the network away from the control of the
telco/ISP hegemony. This provides for the opportunity of network
applications that are truly peer-to-peer. At first, this will only be
able to happen within each isolated cooperative community. Imagine
that Grinnell (or some other town) makes shared use of a few pipes,
whose flow of information is distributed accross the last mile via
mesh. Now imagine that each node of that mesh network is a Diaspora
pod running a codebase that is specifically designed for use in mesh
networks (this is in development, but a ways off). People will still
have to rely on the big pipes for access to the wider internet, but to
pass each other messages and participate in social networking, at
least within the town of Grinnell, we will have achieved a truly
peer-to-peer architecture. Thus arises the digital village. What used
to be just a co-op for purchasing access has suddenly become a
community that is able to share information directly with one another.
It takes only a little more imagination to see that Diaspora is one of
many applications that could run on this architecture. I happen to
believe that the social network is the network's 'killer-app,' and so
I have chosen to use Diaspora as an example.

Stage 3: Towards Unity
Stages 2 and 3 are seperated here for clarity, but it seems likely
that stage 3 will begin shortly after stage 2, and take place
concomitantly. Stage 3 is quite simple. Using packet tunnelling
(something like Freenet or TOR, to give an idea) in concert with the
existing global network, we can simulate the contiguity of
geographically disparate digital villages. Suddenly, people all over
the world are able to share with one another directly. Specify a
user@a_node@a_network and you've got a unique address for each network
user. Of course, the corporate giants still own the backbone at this
stage, which is why we can only say *towards* unity. No uprising until
Stage 4, please.

Stage 4: A Backbone of our Own
Stage 4 is when the dream of true co-ownership becomes a reality.
We are already starting in on what needs to be done here, because it's
a pretty tall order, and will take some time. (You gotta do what you
gotta do). In Stage 4, we replace the corporate-owned fiber backbone
with a backbone of our own. We believe that this will be accomplished
via either a constellation of telecommunications satellites or the
construction of HF or Whitespace radios . This won't come cheap, but
as Patrick was saying, the upfront cost is all that we'll ever have to
pay. Satellite dishes or TV-Band towers would replace the pipes that
used to come from the ISP, and their connectivity could be distributed
throughout every digital village. The only cost that anyone would ever
have to pay for network access would be the cost of a mesh node (could
be integrated into a PC, or shareable stand alone). Not everyone will
be able to afford a node, which is why the roadmap doesn't end with
Stage 4.

Stage 5: A Human Right
Once the Mesh Interface for Network Devices is global, we can
focus our energies towards providing a node to anyone who wants one.
We believe that access to the network is a human right, and this is
our vision for supplying it to all of humanity.