I am not sure how to interpret this. Hilary in _favor_ of a distributed non-controlled open web??? What's the catch?
-Christian On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 1:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Aditi Rajaram <[email protected]> > > Relevant! > > Forwarded message: > > From: WWWhatsup <[email protected]> > > > > 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. > > >
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