Open Internet Foundation is a 501(c)(12) not-for-profit organization
dedicated to bringing an Internet alternative known as Open Internet.
1. Open Internet Goal:
The Internet, as we know it today, is too constraint. IP addresses are
not available to the general public, cost prohibitive. It is a
monopoly unto itself. Open Internet is a Community Intranet System,
independent from the Internet. As communities adopt this Community Intranet,
Open Internet will become an Internet alternative.
2. Open Internet Copyright:
Open Internet. A Community Intranet System. Copyright (C) 1999 Open
Internet Foundation.
This Open Internet is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or any later version.
This Open Internet is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this Open Internet; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
3. Open Internet Strategy:
Open Internet is a Community Intranet System. Indepent from the Internet.
Ultimately it will become an Internet alternative.
Open Internet is licensed under the GNU General Public License.
Open Internet is based upon the Open Source model.
Open Internet Foundation, a not-for-profit organization, is the registrar
for Open IP ( Open Internet Protocol) addresses and their associated URLs.
All Open IP addresses and URLs must be registered with Open Internet Foundation.
This is so that no two Open IP addresses and URLs are the same.
Open IP addresses are free upon approval of request. Requests must state
the purpose and content of the associated URL. Purpose and content deemed
unapprovable shall include violence, hatred, discrimination, "Adult Entertainment",
unlawful distribution of copyrighted works, or the advocacy thereof.
An Open IP address may be used in conjunction with a URL to run a web
site. There is no need for ".com", ".org", etc. All you need is the name.
i.e.: Open Internet Foundation URL would be "http://openinternetfoundation".
To start, there is a limit of 2 Open IP addresses per person, business,
or organization. As Open IP software advances, this limit will be
eliminated.
This is a work continuously in progress.
4. Open Internet funding and infrastucture:
The money and equipment will initially come in the form of grants, donations
and so forth. Donations will come in the form of funds or equipmet. After all, Open Internet will be a community operated and maintained intranet system.
As time goes on, funding will come from the members that volunteer
to operate and maintain Open Internet.
We need community network lines and associated hardware. The lines can
be fiber optic, coaxial, or twisted pair.
Donations in the form of money, equipment and community network lines from
current ISPs are greatly appreciated. We encourage ISPs to become Open
ISPs (Open Internet Service Providers).
Once the lines are up, anybody with an Open IP address can connect freely
to the system.
The lines are not maintained by any one group. They are maintained by
the members. If you wish to help maintain the lines, all the better. If you don't, then it is a free ride.
Open ISP; may not deny customers their right to obtain their own
Open IP addresses and run their own web site.
5. Contact information:
Please feel free contact us at: info@openinternetfoundation.net
6. History of Open Internet:
You can find the humble beginnings of Open Internet at: www.openinternetfoundation.net/OpenInt.html