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8 8 ** Community networks
9 9 - For those of you who are new to the term, CNs are infrastructure deployed by
10 10 organized groups of people for the self-provision of broadband networking
11 11 that works and grows according to their own interests.
12 12 - Like some Free software projects, they are based on open participation, open
13 13 and transparent management, and distributed ownership. This goes way beyond
14 - *##* private-owned networks and Internet access, and even *##* state-owned
15 - networks with private ISPs. *##* In a community network everyone owns their
14 + *##* state-owned networks with private ISPs, and even *##* private-owned
15 + networks and Internet access. *##* In a community network everyone owns their
16 16 piece of the network and are free to access other's services through it. *##*
17 17 - The previous characteristics translate into open, free (as in freedom) and
18 18 neutral networks, values in consonance with the Free software movement.
19 19 Some CNs even have mutual agreement texts similar to Free software liceses.
20 20 - Atypical as it may seem, the EU in its Digital Agenda regards CNs as
21 21 fundamental for the universalization of broadband networking. *##*
22 22
23 23 ** The CONFINE project
24 24 - Under the umbrella of the Digital Agenda, CONFINE is a EU-financed project
25 - with several partners: *##* CNs, research institutions and supporting NGOs. *##*
25 + with several partners: *##* CNs (guifi.net, Athens Metropolitan Wireless
26 + Network and Funkfeuer), research institutions (Universitat Politècnica de
27 + Catalunya, iMinds and Fraunhofer) and supporting NGOs (Pangea and the OPLAN
28 + Foundation). *##*
26 29 - Its mission is to support the sustainable growth of CNs by providing the
27 30 means to conduct experimentally driven research.
28 31 - It also supports other projects advancing or extending CNs via financed Open
29 32 Calls. *##* Here you can see the list of the projects selected for Open
30 33 Call 1, and more than fifteen are now being selected for Open Call 2. *##*
31 34 - Last but not least, CONFINE provides a testbed and the associated tools and
32 35 knowledge for researchers to experiment on real CNs. *##*