The same I send in the first message<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/1/27 ulf kypke <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:u.kypke@gmail.com">u.kypke@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
cool,<br>
can you send me the letter, if it is ok for you,<br>
thanks ulf<br>
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2011/1/27 Albert Homs i Gall <<a href="mailto:alberthoms@gmail.com">alberthoms@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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> 2011/1/26 ulf kypke <<a href="mailto:u.kypke@gmail.com">u.kypke@gmail.com</a>><br>
>><br>
>> hi saverio and others,<br>
>> sorry for the late mail.<br>
>><br>
>> 1. i dont know yet if i can come to spain.<br>
>> 2. as far as i know, ubnt is not willing to sponsor, specially they<br>
>> start to roll out hardware running more and more not opensource<br>
>> software.<br>
>> 3. but if you want to be sure about this, you can write an open letter<br>
>> from the battle mesh organisation to the ubnt's founder / ceo robert<br>
>> j. pera. his mail is his first name at ubnt dot com.<br>
><br>
> Sent, hope it woks (and if not, we'll at the same place than before sending<br>
> it :P )<br>
>><br>
>> so long ulf<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> 2011/1/26 Albert Homs i Gall <<a href="mailto:alberthoms@gmail.com">alberthoms@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
>> > Didn't find any other adrres, somebody can help?<br>
>> ><br>
>> > 2011/1/26 Benjamin Henrion <<a href="mailto:bh@udev.org">bh@udev.org</a>><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I doubt you will get an answer by writing to "<a href="mailto:info@ubnt.com">info@ubnt.com</a>".<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Either you know someone inside Ubiquity...<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Albert Homs i Gall<br>
>> >> <<a href="mailto:alberthoms@gmail.com">alberthoms@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >> > I write you on behalf of the battemesh organization, hosted in this<br>
>> >> > 4th<br>
>> >> > version by <a href="http://guifi.net" target="_blank">guifi.net</a> open network<br>
>> >> > What is it?<br>
>> >> > The wireless battle mesh is a kind-of a tournament between open<br>
>> >> > source<br>
>> >> > mesh<br>
>> >> > routing protocols. Previous events had been a very productive<br>
>> >> > meetings<br>
>> >> > where<br>
>> >> > developers, networking activists, academics shared knowledge.<br>
>> >> > Protocols<br>
>> >> > also<br>
>> >> > improved in every event, since developers are looking at a real mesh<br>
>> >> > network<br>
>> >> > usage they can solve bugs, test new implementations and use others<br>
>> >> > ideas<br>
>> >> > and<br>
>> >> > so improve their protocols<br>
>> >> > Where is it?<br>
>> >> > This v4 will take place near Barcelona form the 16th to the 20th of<br>
>> >> > march<br>
>> >> > Who will be there?<br>
>> >> > We expect for this event about 50 people, mostly from european<br>
>> >> > countries.<br>
>> >> > They are openwrt developers, mesh routing protocols developers,<br>
>> >> > networking<br>
>> >> > academics and students and open networks activists. In addition<br>
>> >> > during<br>
>> >> > the<br>
>> >> > weekend the <a href="http://guifi.net" target="_blank">guifi.net</a> yearly event will take place in the same venue<br>
>> >> > and<br>
>> >> > we<br>
>> >> > expect for this about 50 to 100 people more<br>
>> >> > How it works?<br>
>> >> > During the first days developers get their packages ready to be<br>
>> >> > installed on<br>
>> >> > the devices to be deployed. Now we use near a 100 foneras using<br>
>> >> > openwrt<br>
>> >> > as<br>
>> >> > main software. After all the devices are ready they are deployed all<br>
>> >> > over<br>
>> >> > the testing area and some test are performed: packet loss, bandwith<br>
>> >> > available, routing loops detection...<br>
>> >> > After all the tests are made results are analyzed and shared to the<br>
>> >> > comunnity and one protocol wins (or not) since it performs better<br>
>> >> > than<br>
>> >> > others<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> > Why we need your help?<br>
>> >> > Mainly for two reasons:<br>
>> >> > 1-. Travel budget: we would like to share this event with people from<br>
>> >> > outside Europe, but as you will suppose travel expenses prevents<br>
>> >> > people<br>
>> >> > from<br>
>> >> > getting to the event. It'll be very kind if you cover part of this<br>
>> >> > costs<br>
>> >> > 2-. Hardware: we use mainly fonera since it's a very cheap hardware<br>
>> >> > but<br>
>> >> > needless to say that those devices are really outdated. Since your<br>
>> >> > hardware<br>
>> >> > had proven to be really good and reliable and quite openwrt-friendly<br>
>> >> > it'll<br>
>> >> > be a really good chance to stress them up and see how they perform. A<br>
>> >> > donation of several of your devices (picostation's or similar) would<br>
>> >> > be<br>
>> >> > of<br>
>> >> > great help<br>
>> >> > Why it will useful for you?<br>
>> >> > For several reasons:<br>
>> >> > 1-. Since all the code used is FOSS you'll have a real benchmark and<br>
>> >> > it'll<br>
>> >> > be easier to decide if it's worth implementing some of it to your<br>
>> >> > devices<br>
>> >> > 2-. Since big part of the world's community networks will be present<br>
>> >> > your<br>
>> >> > help will be a great marketing operation between these early adopters<br>
>> >> > and<br>
>> >> > encourage their networks to use more off your stuff<br>
>> >> > 3-. Your FOSS helper reputation will increase<br>
>> >> > 4-. Some folks will discover your existence (if's there is still<br>
>> >> > someone<br>
>> >> > that doesn't know your devices :P)<br>
>> >> > 5-. Internet visibility when your collaboration is spread all over in<br>
>> >> > blogs,<br>
>> >> > social networks, web sites and so on<br>
>> >> > Where can you get more info?<br>
>> >> > At the event site <a href="http://www.battlemesh.org" target="_blank">www.battlemesh.org</a><br>
>> >> > At <a href="mailto:wbm4@exo.cat">wbm4@exo.cat</a><br>
>> >> > By phone +34622179026<br>
>> >> > Waiting for your reply<br>
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>> >> ><br>
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>> >><br>
>> >> --<br>
>> >> Benjamin Henrion <bhenrion at <a href="http://ffii.org" target="_blank">ffii.org</a>><br>
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>> >> "In July 2005, after several failed attempts to legalise software<br>
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