FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: John Gilmore donates US$15, 000 to the Freenet Project
Ian Clarke <[email protected]> Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:59:07 -0700
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--===============1243231870== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-186--710794759 --Apple-Mail-186--710794759 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: John Gilmore donates US$15,000 to the Freenet Project LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 17th August, 2006 - John Gilmore, one of the founders of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Cypherpunks mailing list, and Cygnus Solutions, has donated US$15,000 to the Freenet Project, to support the ongoing development of the Freenet software. This donation will ensure the continued employment of Freenet's full- time software developer, Matthew Toseland and other expenses. Matthew has been working for Freenet full time for the last 4 years, funded entirely by donations to the project. In April 2006 the Freenet Project released the first alpha version of Freenet 0.7, a new approach to anonymous peer-to-peer adopting a "scalable darknet" architecture, designed to offer a new level of privacy and security for those using the software, while addressing a number of other long-standing issues with Freenet. This donation will support the project as it works towards a beta release of Freenet 0.7, improving the ease of use, speed, and security of the software. The donation came from John Gilmore's donor advised fund at The San Francisco Foundation. For further information please see http://freenetproject.org/ ABOUT THE FREENET PROJECT Freenet is a 501c3 non-profit corporation whose goal is the development of free software that allows users to publish and obtain information on the Internet without fear of censorship. CONTACT: Ian Clarke Freenet Project Inc [email protected] - END - --Apple-Mail-186--710794759 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>FOR = IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</B></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: = 16px; "><B>John Gilmore donates US$15,000 to the Freenet = Project</B></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 17th = August, 2006 - John Gilmore, one of the founders of the Electronic = Frontier Foundation, the Cypherpunks mailing list, and Cygnus Solutions, = has donated US$15,000 to the Freenet Project, to support the ongoing = development of the Freenet software.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">This donation will ensure the continued employment = of Freenet's full-time software developer, Matthew Toseland and other = expenses. Matthew has been working for Freenet full time for the last 4 = years, funded entirely by donations to the project.</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">In April 2006 = the Freenet Project released the first alpha version of Freenet 0.7, a = new approach to anonymous peer-to-peer adopting a "scalable darknet" = architecture, designed to offer a new level of privacy and security for = those using the software, while addressing a number of other = long-standing issues with Freenet. This donation will support the = project as it works towards a beta release of Freenet 0.7, improving the = ease of use, speed, and security of the software.</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The donation = came from John Gilmore's donor advised fund at The San Francisco = Foundation.</DIV><DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>For= further information please see <A = href=3D"http://freenetproject.org">http://freenetproject.org</A>/</DIV><DI= V><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>ABOUT THE FREENET = PROJECT</DIV><DIV>Freenet is a 501c3 non-profit corporation whose goal = is the development of free software that allows users to publish and = obtain information on the Internet without fear of = censorship.</DIV><DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">CONTACT:</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ian = Clarke</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Freenet Project Inc</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><A = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A></DIV><BR= ><DIV>- END -</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-186--710794759-- --===============1243231870== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list [email protected] http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/announce --===============1243231870==--