from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Freenet
Community-based bulletin board system with e-mail, information
services, interactive communications, and conferencing.
Freenets are funded and operated by individuals and volunteers
- in one sense, like public television. They are part of the
National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN), an organisation
based in Cleveland, Ohio, devoted to making computer
telecommunication and networking services as freely available
as public libraries.