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Continuing @ https://vvvvvvaria.org/~decentral1se/w/com-net/
Related pad by Crunk @ https://pad.vvvvvvaria.org/gda-communitynetwork
(Thinking about this for ArtEZ art academy workshops)

The idea
- Run a public wifi access point at Varia

=== Legalities ===

"Easy" mode
- https://www.ictrecht.nl/kennis/factsheets/draadloos-internet-aanbieden

• - if you offer publicly accessible wifi point, you have major bureacracy (see gore mode below)
• - if you offer to specific public then there is no "general public" and then you escape bureaucracy
•   in this way you emulate what cafes/libraries do - password protected membership/location based access
• - if you do not screen/track with logins, registered accounts, logging then you are not liable for what
•   anything the user might do. the important distinction here is "active" vs. "passive" provider of the wifi
•   access
•   - https://lawfox.nl/blog/dos-donts-aanbieden-wifi/
•   - https://www.juridict.nl/juridict-nieuwsartikel/internetverbinding-over-wifi-beschikbaar-stellen-aan-bezoekers/
•   - https://alcadis.nl/oplossingen/wireless/wet-en-regelgeving-wi-fi/
•     - being seen as a "passive" provider is the only low-bureaucracy way forward
•     - you can block ports and some websites and you will still not be seen as an "active" provider
•     - "Bedrijven mogen zonder restricties internettoegang via Wi-Fi aanbieden aan een besloten groep 
•        klanten, bijvoorbeeld op een camping of in een restaurant. Wanneer een bedrijf een openbaar Wi-Fi
•        netwerk openstelt aan het publiek, bijvoorbeeld op markten of stranden, dan is een meldplicht bij
•        de Autoriteit Consument en Markt (ACM) van kracht." (again, gore mode)

"Gore" mode
- https://www.agentschaptelecom.nl/documenten/brochures/2018/1/17/openbare-aanbieders

• - If offering publicly accessible wifi then you come under the Telecommunications law
• - You have to register yourself as an access point, allow tapping, store traffic and some other regulations

=== Terms and Usage ===

Following ictrecht.nl link above it doesnt even seem legally required to do this
However it might be interesting to do this to make some progressive statement

Examples
- https://www.nycmesh.net/ncl.pdf