Freenet’s $10K windfall
p2pnet.net OT news:- Freenet’s Ian Clarke is a very happy man. He’s just had $10,000 land in his lap.
“More than a decade ago when I founded HTMLHelp.com I had a vision of the Internet as the ‘great equalizer’,” says John Pozadzides his blog, going on:
I believed that it would free us from the content filtering imposed by mega-media companies and governments. It turns out this has been true for most of us – but not all.
I view supporting the Freenet Project as a logical extension of that original dream, this time to include people who were previously unable to freely participate.
After careful discussions with my friend Ian Clarke, and as a demonstration of my support for this project, I have awarded Freenet $10,000 towards advancing the software to it’s next release. Additionally, advertising revenues from One Man’s Blog for the remainder of 2007 will be donated to the Freenet Project.
What’ll happened to the $10K windfall?
“John’s donation will be used to improve Freenet’s usability, and in particular, the installation process,” Clarke tells p2pnet.
On the Freenet site, “A specific goal is the completion of Freenet’s ‘opennet’ functionality which will make it far easier for many users to get Freenet up and running,” says Clarke.
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May 24th, 2007 at 11:12 am
It’s nice to see intrest in Freenet Project looking at socio/political goals of the network.