Open-News-Network e.V.
Introduction '''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. Membership is constituted by support of the project. Support may be in the form of active collaboration, allocation of resources, or both.
History *21 Feb 2005 Posting in de.comm provider usenet Message-ID: *8 Mar 2005 Joern Bredereck announced the idea. *12 May 2007 society according to German law incorporated.
Usenet 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."
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External links * Official Website