hello, interested still

[Sheldon T. Hall]

Writes Nitin Gadia ...
>
> I'm a part of a group attempting to create a similar network in Ames,
> Iowa. Any help anyone is willing to provide would go a long way.
> We're building an antenna in the next two weeks to broadcast in one
> direction down a neighborhood, then have one broadcast from the other
> end, connecting them...
> First of all, we were wondering about liabilities associated with a
> free, anonymous network. If someone was found downloading illegal
> things, who is held responsible?

In general, the network owner is protected against this sort of stuff, but
you ought to talk to a lawyer.  It might be prudent to set up some sort of
legal entity that owns the network, thus protecting the organizers' personal
assets.

> I also subscribed to the dev list...

... which is vewwy, vewwy quiet these days.

I'm not right in town, so I don't know what sort of activity Seattle
Wireless actually carries on these days.  The mailing lists, though, are
about dead.

-Shel