[Air-l] Do volunteers run the internet?

[elw at stderr.org]

> I am talking about volunteers running the internet.


Then the answer to your question is probably 'no'.


> 1. a fair amount of content is provided for no money like blogs that 
> don't make money

Most of which are hosted on machines operated by people who do get paid 
for their work.


> 2. open source software

The production of which is rather different from "running the internet".

The internet does operate largely through use of software that is 
open-source.

Not all open source / free software authors have "volunteerism" as a 
primary motivator.



> 3. voluntary organisations like FreeNets.

.. which are quite rare nowadays.



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