[Battlemesh] battlemesh v4 sponsorship

Thu Jan 27 15:48:04 CET 2011

2011/1/26 ulf kypke <u.kypke at gmail.com>

> hi saverio and others,
> sorry for the late mail.
>
> 1. i dont know yet if i can come to spain.
> 2. as far as i know, ubnt is not willing to sponsor, specially they
> start to roll out hardware running more and more not opensource
> software.
> 3. but if you want to be sure about this, you can write an open letter
> from the battle mesh organisation to the ubnt's founder / ceo robert
> j. pera. his mail is his first name at ubnt dot com.
>
Sent, hope it woks (and if not, we'll at the same place than before sending
it :P )

>
> so long ulf
>
>
>
>
> 2011/1/26 Albert Homs i Gall <alberthoms at gmail.com>:
> > Didn't find any other adrres, somebody can help?
> >
> > 2011/1/26 Benjamin Henrion <bh at udev.org>
> >>
> >> I doubt you will get an answer by writing to "info at ubnt.com".
> >>
> >> Either you know someone inside Ubiquity...
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Albert Homs i Gall
> >> <alberthoms at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I write you on behalf of the battemesh organization, hosted in this
> 4th
> >> > version by guifi.net open network
> >> > What is it?
> >> > The wireless battle mesh is a kind-of a tournament between open source
> >> > mesh
> >> > routing protocols. Previous events had been a very productive meetings
> >> > where
> >> > developers, networking activists, academics shared knowledge.
> Protocols
> >> > also
> >> > improved in every event, since developers are looking at a real mesh
> >> > network
> >> > usage they can solve bugs, test new implementations and use others
> ideas
> >> > and
> >> > so improve their protocols
> >> > Where is it?
> >> > This v4 will take place near Barcelona form the 16th to the 20th of
> >> > march
> >> > Who will be there?
> >> > We expect for this event about 50 people, mostly from european
> >> > countries.
> >> > They are openwrt developers, mesh routing protocols developers,
> >> > networking
> >> > academics and students and open networks activists. In addition during
> >> > the
> >> > weekend the guifi.net yearly event will take place in the same venue
> and
> >> > we
> >> > expect for this about 50 to 100 people more
> >> > How it works?
> >> > During the first days developers get their packages ready to be
> >> > installed on
> >> > the devices to be deployed. Now we use near a 100 foneras using
> openwrt
> >> > as
> >> > main software. After all the devices are ready they are deployed all
> >> > over
> >> > the testing area and some test are performed: packet loss, bandwith
> >> > available, routing loops detection...
> >> > After all the tests are made results are analyzed and shared to the
> >> > comunnity and one protocol wins (or not) since it performs better than
> >> > others
> >> >
> >> > Why we need your help?
> >> > Mainly for two reasons:
> >> > 1-. Travel budget: we would like to share this event with people from
> >> > outside Europe, but as you will suppose travel expenses prevents
> people
> >> > from
> >> > getting to the event. It'll be very kind if you cover part of this
> costs
> >> > 2-. Hardware: we use mainly fonera since it's a very cheap hardware
> but
> >> > needless to say that those devices are really outdated. Since your
> >> > hardware
> >> > had proven to be really good and reliable and quite openwrt-friendly
> >> > it'll
> >> > be a really good chance to stress them up and see how they perform. A
> >> > donation of several of your devices (picostation's or similar) would
> be
> >> > of
> >> > great help
> >> > Why it will useful for you?
> >> > For several reasons:
> >> > 1-. Since all the code used is FOSS you'll have a real benchmark and
> >> > it'll
> >> > be easier to decide if it's worth implementing some of it to your
> >> > devices
> >> > 2-. Since big part of the world's community networks will be present
> >> > your
> >> > help will be a great marketing operation between these early adopters
> >> > and
> >> > encourage their networks to use more off your stuff
> >> > 3-. Your FOSS helper reputation will increase
> >> > 4-. Some folks will discover your existence (if's there is still
> someone
> >> > that doesn't know your devices :P)
> >> > 5-. Internet visibility when your collaboration is spread all over in
> >> > blogs,
> >> > social networks, web sites and so on
> >> > Where can you get more info?
> >> > At the event site www.battlemesh.org
> >> > At wbm4 at exo.cat
> >> > By phone +34622179026
> >> > Waiting for your reply
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> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> >> Instead of explicitly seeking to sanction the patentability of
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