Open-News-Network e.V.

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Open News Network e.V. is a German group ("Eingetragener Verein"). It is a network both in the technological and in the social sense. It aims to provide open, non-commercial access to text based usenet.[1] Membership is constituted by support of the project. Support may be in the form of active collaboration, allocation of resources, or both.[2]

History

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  • 21 Feb 2005 Posting in de.comm provider usenet Message-ID: <pan.2005.02.21.01.12.52.335900@familieknaak.de>
  • 8 Mar 2005 Joern Bredereck announced the idea.
  • 12 May 2007 society according to German law incorporated.

Usenet

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Open-News-Network e.V provides traditional Usenet groups."It is a Germany based cooperative network of Usenet enthusiasts who run their servers on otherwise unused resources."

References

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  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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