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Subject: [Discuss] IRC problems at freenode?
From: dsr at randomstring.org (Dan Ritter)
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2021 11:42:53 -0400
In-reply-to: <CA+h9Qs6Xkz=_dbRhyzsCmwTe3O_1iHyXzZQJNWY5X4Z86OapqQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CA+h9Qs6Xkz=_dbRhyzsCmwTe3O_1iHyXzZQJNWY5X4Z86OapqQ@mail.gmail.com>

John Abreau wrote: 
> I noticed some discussion of problems at freenode. Apparently there has
> been a takeover of network operations, the former freenode staff are gone,
> and the new management is hostile to FLOSS. The former staff are now
> running Linux.Chat and the #linux channel on Libera.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> https://freenode.linux.community/
> 
> https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-and-gnu-move-official-irc-channels-to-libera-chat-network
> 
> https://linux.chat/
> 

Oh, wow, yes. There was a lot.

It's not that the new management is hostile to FLOSS. The new
management is hostile to everybody.

All my channels spent a couple of days discussing it and then
moved to libera.chat. All of them.

-dsr-

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