Peering Agreement
Peering Agreement
URL = http://www.freenetworks.org/peering.html
Description
“Basis for cooperation in community networks:
This document is an attempt to connect those network islands by providing the minimum baseline template for a peering agreement between owners of individual network nodes - the FreeNetworks.org Peering Agreement (FNPA)….
• Article I. Free Transit: The owner agrees to provide free transit across their free network…. • Article II. Open Communication: The owner agrees to publish the information necessary for peering to take place … under a free license. • Article III. No Warranty: There is no guaranteed level of service…. • Article IV. Terms of Use: The owner is entitled to formulate an “acceptable use policy” (AUP) […which must] not contradict articles I and II of this agreement… • Article V. Local Amendments: (to be filled in ad-hoc by the node owner…)” (http://www.freenetworks.org/peering.html)