Free Software Projects Defenestrate The Freenode IRC Network
by Fnord666 from SoylentNews on (#5J1VS)
wirelessduck writes:
Staff at the freenode IRC network have resigned en-masse after control of it passed to what one described as a "narcissistic Trumpian wannabe korean royalty bitcoins millionaire." Resignation letters piled up from Fuchs, Ed Kellett, Emls Piis, Jessica Sophie Porter and others, capping weeks of drama in the FOSS world's biggest chatbox.
https://boingboing.net/2021/05/19/freenode-irc-staff-quit-after-new-owner-seizes-control.html
http://techrights.org/2021/05/14/how-freenode-works/
https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/19/freenode_staff_resigns/
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Free-Software-Exits-Freenode
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