<s>
The	O
Open	O
Wireless	O
Movement	O
hosted	O
at	O
OpenWireless.org	B-Application
is	O
an	O
Internet	O
activism	O
project	O
which	O
seeks	O
to	O
increase	O
Internet	O
access	O
by	O
encouraging	O
people	O
and	O
organizations	O
to	O
configure	O
or	O
install	O
software	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
wireless	B-Device
router	I-Device
to	O
offer	O
a	O
separate	O
public	O
guest	O
network	O
or	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
single	O
public	O
wireless	B-Device
access	I-Device
point	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
many	O
people	O
did	O
this	O
,	O
then	O
a	O
ubiquitous	O
global	O
public	O
wireless	B-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
would	O
be	O
created	O
which	O
would	O
achieve	O
and	O
surpass	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
increasing	O
Internet	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
initiated	O
in	O
November	O
2012	O
by	O
a	O
coalition	O
of	O
ten	O
advocacy	O
groups	O
including	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Frontier	O
Foundation	O
(	O
EFF	O
)	O
,	O
Fight	B-Application
for	I-Application
the	I-Application
Future	I-Application
,	O
Free	O
Press	O
,	O
Internet	O
Archive	O
,	O
NYCwireless	O
,	O
Open	O
Garden	O
,	O
OpenITP	O
,	O
the	O
Open	B-Algorithm
Spectrum	I-Algorithm
Alliance	O
,	O
the	O
Open	O
Technology	O
Institute	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Personal	O
Telco	O
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
seventeen	O
groups	O
have	O
joined	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
adding	O
Engine	O
,	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
,	O
Noisebridge	O
,	O
the	O
Open	O
Rights	O
Group	O
,	O
OpenMedia	O
International	O
,	O
Sudo	O
Room	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Center	O
for	O
Media	O
Justice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
explains	O
the	O
benefits	O
and	O
drawbacks	O
of	O
the	O
effects	O
on	O
society	O
and	O
on	O
the	O
owners	O
of	O
routers	O
,	O
answers	O
questions	O
regarding	O
safety	O
and	O
legality	O
,	O
guides	O
novice	O
users	O
in	O
configuring	O
their	O
routers	O
,	O
and	O
provides	O
firmware	B-Application
for	O
novices	O
to	O
install	O
on	O
their	O
routers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EFF	O
created	O
a	O
router	O
firmware	B-Application
called	O
OpenWireless	O
,	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
CeroWRT	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
branch	O
of	O
the	O
OpenWrt	B-Application
firmware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
which	O
anyone	O
may	O
volunteer	O
to	O
install	O
on	O
their	O
router	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
work	O
for	O
the	O
OpenWireless.org	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
firmware	B-Application
was	O
first	O
shared	O
at	O
the	O
2014	O
Hackers	O
on	O
Planet	O
Earth	O
conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
developers	O
set	O
out	O
to	O
achieve	O
simple	O
installation	O
on	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
hardware	O
routers	O
but	O
struggled	O
with	O
the	O
diversity	O
of	O
closed	O
,	O
proprietary	O
devices	O
,	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
OpenWireless	O
firmware	B-Application
ended	O
in	O
April	O
2015	O
and	O
was	O
merged	O
into	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
and	O
OpenWRT	B-Application
,	O
openwireless.org	B-Application
redirects	O
to	O
eff.org	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Without	O
a	O
good	O
path	O
to	O
direct	O
deployment	O
,	O
EFF	O
is	O
deprioritizing	O
our	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
freestanding	O
router	O
firmware	B-Application
project.	O
"	O
</s>
