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### Does Tent have ads?
Tent is a protocol like email or the World Wide Web. Anyone can run their own
tent server (which would be ad-free) or host a Tent server for others. Just like
Tent server (which would be ad-free) or host a Tent server for others. Just like
email, some providers show ads to make money so they can host your Tent server
for free. Others charge users directly and don't need ads. It's your choice.
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Tent began after a conversation between Jonathan Rudenberg, Daniel Siders, Jesse
Stuart, and Lucas Wojciechowski. It was inspired by hypertext, Xanadu, SMTP, the
World Wide Web, and distributed peer-to-peer services.
### How is Tent licensed?
Tent will be completely free and open and treated as a standard. To prevent fragmentation before launch, the original authors currently retain copyright. This is a temporary situation which will be remedied immediately after a governance model is chosen. We decided it would be best to share what we could as soon as possible, releasing early and often. We are entirely committed to free and open software and protocols with open governance models leading to a ratified standard.

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Tent is decentralized, not federated or centralized. Any Tent server can connect
to any other Tent server. All features are available to any server as
first-class citizens. Anyone can host their own tent server. Tent servers can
first-class citizens. Anyone can host their own Tent server. Tent servers can
also be run as Tor hidden services to create a social darknet for at-risk
organizers and activists. Anyone can write applications that connect to Tent in
order to display or create user content.