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I love freenet as we continue to see the growth of authoritative bodies attempt to control the Internet I think it will become more and more important. The oth

I love freenet as we continue to see the growth of authoritative bodies attempt to control the Internet I think it will become more and more important. The other thing I love about freenet is it feels exactly like using the Internet in the late 90's in almost every way. Same speeds, same simple pages, same crazy whackos spouting conspiracy theories about how JFK shot first, it really is a time capsule that I love.

immibis 2y ago
The second freenet has absolutely no relation to the first one. Only the name was stolen.
- sanity 2y ago
  No relation except that it's created by the same person tackling the same problem (in a more general way) and sharing many underlying concepts like small world networking. The FAQ covers the main differences: https://freenet.org/faq#faq-3 https://freenet.org/faq#faq-3
  - dariusj18 2y ago
    I assume they may be referring to freenets that was an early method of accessing the internet for free, not requiring AOL or some other service for access. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-net https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-net ex. https://naples.net/ https://naples.net/
    - sanity 2y ago
      True, they might be referring to that, although if so this is the first time I’ve heard such a complaint in 25 years. The usage of the term "free-net" to describe early methods of free internet access was quite obscure even in 1999, I only learned of it years after starting Freenet.
      - tejtm 2y ago
        "Freenet" already had a very specific meaning in the early ninities which could only be obscure if one was not paying attention. I still maintain my freenet email address from 1991. I recommend you find your own name for your very comendable project, swiping an existing one is confusing and somewhat dodgy.
        schoen 2y ago
        The particular swiping in question happened a couple of decades ago now (I agree that it was a confusing ambiguity at the time); the proposed swiping now could also be a confusing ambiguity, but would be by the same people who were responsible for the prior swiping.
        sanity 2y ago
        I disagree that any "swiping" took place as I wasn't aware of the prior meaning because hardly anyone was using it in 1999, nor did anyone bring it up at the time. Similarly, no swiping took place more recently unless you think using the name of my own project is "swiping". I address this in more detail in a recent [1] reddit comment. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Freenet/comments/1d05zw9/questions_about_freenet_vs_hyphanet/l5p5mbx/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Freenet/comments/1d05zw9/questions_...
        schoen 2y ago
        I meant to be partly tongue-in-cheek in saying that, although this doesn't come through well in text, but I do share the present-day concern about people potentially becoming confused.
        sanity 2y ago
        The confusion is a risk but I think it will diminish over time, particularly once we launch the new network.
        iforgotpassword 2y ago

immibis 2y ago

The second freenet has absolutely no relation to the first one. Only the name was stolen.

sanity 2y ago
No relation except that it's created by the same person tackling the same problem (in a more general way) and sharing many underlying concepts like small world networking. The FAQ covers the main differences: https://freenet.org/faq#faq-3 https://freenet.org/faq#faq-3
- dariusj18 2y ago
  I assume they may be referring to freenets that was an early method of accessing the internet for free, not requiring AOL or some other service for access. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-net https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-net ex. https://naples.net/ https://naples.net/
  - sanity 2y ago
    True, they might be referring to that, although if so this is the first time I’ve heard such a complaint in 25 years. The usage of the term "free-net" to describe early methods of free internet access was quite obscure even in 1999, I only learned of it years after starting Freenet.
    - tejtm 2y ago
      "Freenet" already had a very specific meaning in the early ninities which could only be obscure if one was not paying attention. I still maintain my freenet email address from 1991. I recommend you find your own name for your very comendable project, swiping an existing one is confusing and somewhat dodgy.
      - schoen 2y ago
        The particular swiping in question happened a couple of decades ago now (I agree that it was a confusing ambiguity at the time); the proposed swiping now could also be a confusing ambiguity, but would be by the same people who were responsible for the prior swiping.
        sanity 2y ago
        I disagree that any "swiping" took place as I wasn't aware of the prior meaning because hardly anyone was using it in 1999, nor did anyone bring it up at the time. Similarly, no swiping took place more recently unless you think using the name of my own project is "swiping". I address this in more detail in a recent [1] reddit comment. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Freenet/comments/1d05zw9/questions_about_freenet_vs_hyphanet/l5p5mbx/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Freenet/comments/1d05zw9/questions_...
        schoen 2y ago
        I meant to be partly tongue-in-cheek in saying that, although this doesn't come through well in text, but I do share the present-day concern about people potentially becoming confused.
        sanity 2y ago
        The confusion is a risk but I think it will diminish over time, particularly once we launch the new network.
      - iforgotpassword 2y ago