[Discuss] IRC problems at freenode?

[Eric Chadbourne]

So where do the cool blu folks go?   Would be fun to IRC again.

Thanks,
Eric

> On Jun 17, 2021, at 3:18 PM, Dan Ritter <dsr at randomstring.org> wrote:
> 
> Ian Kelling wrote: 
>> 
>> Dan Ritter <dsr at randomstring.org> writes:
>> 
>>> Christopher Perrault wrote: 
>>>> I don't know the specifics of the issue(s), but I know something's up
>>>> because Fedora and Centos switched their channels to Libera also.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> https://ariadne.space/2021/05/20/the-whole-freenode-kerfluffle/
>>> 
>>> and eventually
>>> 
>>> https://isfreenodedeadyet.com/
>>> 
>>> -dsr-
>> 
>> Yes. tldr is that freenode is now libera.chat
> 
> That's... inaccurate.
> 
> freenode suffered a coup, a totalitarian takeover, and then
> kicked everyone out in order to attain pure enlightenment. It's
> true, with no users comes a kind of purity.
> 
> libera.chat was created by some of the former freenode admins,
> has protections against suffering the same fate, and has been
> chosen by many projects as their new home.
> 
> The other major IRC network for free and open source communities
> (among others) is oftc.net, which is sponsored by Software in
> the Public Interest. oftc is where the official Debian channels
> were and still are.
> 
> -dsr-
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