Research and document relevant projects, communities, technologies

[mariobehling]

In order to move this project forward and have a good background for people who want to get involved, an overview of existing projects in the area is needed. Please research activities of projects, community networks and companies active in the area and document their models.

Write in-depth blog articles on the FOSSASIA blog. If there is more to a community than feel free to write several articles.

Please cover the following projects/communities:

• [x] http://freifunk.net
• [x] http://guifi.net
• [x] http://libremesh.org
• [ ] others

Also include information on

• number and groups of participants (who are they? how many? etc.)
• what are they specifically doing
• what is the history/background
• what software and tools are being used
• what network technologies do they use
• how are they organized, do they have associations, companies ets?
• how do they share? what are the limits of their activities?
• in what legal context do they operate and what are possible restrictions e.g. limited frequencies, status
• how do they finance their activities
• what is the outlook
• any other relevant information