From the historical GNU Telephony project
GNU Free Call News Archive
Chronological news and progress updates from the GNU Free Call project, tracking IRC developer hackathons, FreedomBox alignment, and mobile development.
Historical News Log
Preserved chronological news entries from 2011 through 2013.
ProjectGNU Free Call
Doc TypeProject News & Updates Archive
Original Date2011-03-17 to 2013-05-12
RestoredOctober 2026
LicenseGFDL 1.2+
SourceHistorical Archive
§12011 News Records
- **October 2011:** *GNU Hackers Meeting (Paris)* - Presentation by David Sugar on peer-to-peer SIP routing and mesh communications. Discussions on integrating GNU Free Call with the GNU Name System (GNS) and GNUnet.
- **June 2011:** *Debian and FreedomBox Hackfest* - Initial proof of concept running SIP Witch on plug-computer hardware (DreamPlug/SheevaPlug).
- **May 10, 2011:** *SIP Witch 1.0 Release* - A historical release milestone associated with GNU Free Call. Contemporary operational suitability is not implied.
- **March 17, 2011:** *Project Launch* - Public announcement of GNU Free Call by the Free Software Foundation.
§22012 News Records
- **August 2012:** *Mobile Mesh Prototyping* - Exploration of ad-hoc Wi-Fi mesh routing between Android devices running local SIP Witch daemons without cellular base stations.
- **February 2012:** *FOSDEM 2012 (Brussels)* - Telephony and Real-time Communications devroom presentations covering GNU Free Call decentralization goals.
This page reconstructs material originally published at gnutelephony.org. It has been formatted and annotated for archival preservation.
Licensing & Attribution
Historical source: GNU Free Call. Reproduced or adapted under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) 1.2 or later where stated.
Document Revision Record
Historical revision date: 2011-03-17 to 2013-05-12. Restored to permanent static archive in October 2026.