Return-path: Received: from mms2.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.18]:2430 "EHLO mms2.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759995Ab1D2R3b (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:29:31 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:29:16 -0700 From: "Henry Ptasinski" To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" cc: linux-wireless , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "openwireless@eff.org" Subject: Re: EFF's Open Wireless Movement - solutions for Linux 802.11 APs Message-ID: <20110429172916.GA17775@broadcom.com> (sfid-20110429_192949_168574_4B6FBA57) References: MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:05:08AM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > The EFF announced an effort and desire to promote open wireless > networks instead of closed encrypted networks to help users with > connectivity. They have come up with some alternative proposals and > challenges which they are asking for review / help on. As far as Linux > is concerned I've started a wiki [2] to cover what we can do for > 802.11 Linux based APs. Feel free to extend the wiki as you see fit > and / or subscribe for changes. > > [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/04/open-wireless-movement > [2] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/OpenWirelessMovement The Wi-Fi Alliance currently has a Hotspot program in development: http://www.wi-fi.org/news_articles.php?news_id=1048 While it's mainly targeted at service providers, it seem likely that much of the work could be leveraged if you consider the "service provider" in this case to be a loosly-coordinated group of people willing to make their APs available for public use. - Henry