A collection of timeline-based news and interesting topics petaining to FOSS-centric networks and community who utilizes Internet Relay Chat protocol. The objective, intended for better bookkeeping and journalistic purposes. Feel free to explore and contribute!
- One month of Libera Chat — Libera Chat
- One week of Libera Chat — Libera Chat
- We've launched our webchat, using KiwiIRC — Libera Chat
- We've launched our Tor onion service — Libera Chat
- Welcome to Libera Chat
HackerNews - Freenode IRC staff resign en masse, unhappy about new management
The Register - Freenode Debacle Prompts Staff Exodus, New Network
Hackday - Developers Flee Open Source Project After ‘Takeover’ By Korean Crown Prince
VICE - Free Software Projects Defenestrate The Freenode IRC Network
Phoronix - Freenode Developers Resign From Project Following "Hostile Takeover" by Korean Crown Prince
MakeUseOf - Freenode IRC staff quit after new owner "seizes" control of network
BoingBoing - Freenode IRC Staff Quit After New Owner 'Seizes' Control of Network
Slashdot - Freenode IRC staff resign en masse after takeover by Korea’s “crown prince”
Ars Technica - IRC Drama: Fedora and Ubuntu Linux move to Libera Chat following Freenode takeover
BetaNews - After staff revolt, Freenode management takes over hundreds of IRC channels for 'policy violations'
The Register - Major open source projects abandon Freenode following hostile takeover
Tech Radar
Without prejudice nor malice. For context purposes only.
- All Freenode Channels and Users Gone — Reddit (r/linux)
- Debian Presence on Freenode — Debian
- freenode wipes old database and starts over — Reddit (r/irc)
- Freenode Archives All Projects — HackerNews
- freenode is IRC; As in “Dumbest Takeover in History” — FOSS Post
- We are moving past legacy Freenode to a new fork (irccloud.com) — HackerNews
- Freenode commits suicide, is no longer a serious IRC network — Hugo Landau (hl)
- Freenode commits suicide, is no longer a serious IRC network — HackerNews
- Isfreenodedeadyet – Tracking Freenode to Libera.Chat Migration — HackerNews
- the end of freenode — Ariadne Conill
- The End of Freenode — HackerNews
- Last remaining 1000+ user community channel seized by Freenode staff — Nigel Kukard (Linux.Chat)
- Last remaining 1000+ user community channel seized by Freenode staff — HackerNews
- "...FSF staff and GNU volunteers are no longer in control of the #fsf and #gnu channels on the Freenode network..." — Free Software Foundation (FSF)
- FSF and GNU channels seized by Freenode staff — HackerNews
- New freenode management hijacks ##linux, ##rust, and the FSF and GNU channels — Reddit (r/irc)
- Goodbye Freenode — Ned Batchelder
- Goodbye Freenode — HackerNews
- Freenode has blocked IRCCloud users from accessing their network — IRCCloud
- Freenode has blocked all IRCCloud users — HackerNews
- freenode bans IRCCloud users from network — Reddit (r/irc)
- "Connection closed unexpectedly: You are banned from this server- IRCCloud is no longer welcome on freenode (2021/6/13 12.46)" — Derek Buitenhuis
- "IRCCloud was not klined by mistake" — HackerNews
- Also Leaving Freenode: FSF, GNU, plus Linux and Python support channels — Slashdot
- FSF and GNU move official IRC channels to Libera.Chat network — Free Software Foundation
- Did Freenode just ban all IRCCloud users? — Reddit (r/irc)
- Taking IRC Further — Andrew Lee (rasengan)
- Freenode - Libera.chat split story via GitHub Gist — unsurethinker
- Freenode Apologizes as Prominent Open Source Projects Switch to Libera Chat — Slashdot
- Freenode Hijacks 700 Rooms Promoting LiberaChat by Brodie Robertson — YouTube
- Freenode is Not Dying, the Media is Just Lying [Video] — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (Techrights)
- Letter to freenode - Post Mortem of May 25, 2021 — Andrew Lee (rasengan)
- Freenode ops take control of 700 channels — HackerNews
- Gentoo Freenode channels have been hijacked — HackerNews
- Freenode IRC operators perform mass seizure of channels for mentioning Liberachat — Hugo Landau (h1)
- Freenode is dead. Long live IRC? — Jeff Geerling
- Freenode is dead. Long live IRC? by Jeff Geerling — YouTube
- Freenode IRC Drama and Goodbye — Darren Whitlen (prawnsalad)
- The Freenode sky is FALLING by Gardiner Bryant — YouTube
- Freenode Ads/Company Banners Are a 2-Decade Tradition Which Predates PIA/LTM — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (Techrights)
- freenode exists for FOSS — Andrew Lee (rasengan)
- Freenode Exists for FOSS — Andrew Lee (rasengan)
- Freenode IRC operators now engaging in routine abuses of power — HackerNews
- Freenode IRC Fiasco, SUSE IPO, RHEL 8.4, Element, Sublime Text, Wine | This Week in Linux 152 by Michael Tunnell - TuxDigital — YouTube
- Setting the record straight on Freenode” — Andrew Lee (rasengan)
- Freenode IRC operators now engaging in routine abuses of power — Hugo Landau (h1)
- IRC Will Never Die — Hackday
- The Freenode Takeover by Mental Outlaw — YouTube
- Hating Freenode or Its Owner Based on Distorted Version of History [Video] — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (Techrights)
- The Freenode Users Exodus as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Boosted by Those Looking to Gain — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (Techrights)
- the whole freenode kerfluffle — Ariadne Conill
- Upheaval at freenode — LWN.net
- freenode now belongs to Andrew Lee, and I'm leaving for a new network — kline.sh
- Leaving Freenode for a new network — HackerNews
- There's a Staff Exodus at Freenode, But It's Not a Users Exodus (No Compelling Practical Reasons to Leave) [Video] — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (Techrights)
- Thoughts on the state of the freenode IRC network — Edward Kmett
- The Panic Over Freenode Isn’t Justified and Its Reaction Mostly Disproportionate — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (Techrights)
- The Freenode resignation FAQ, or: "what the fuck is going on?" — Sven Slootweg (joepie91)
- The Freenode resignation FAQ, or: "what the fuck is going on?" — HackerNews
- Protecting Freenode is Protecting the Free Software Movement [Video] — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (Techrights)
- Understanding How Freenode (IRC) Works — or Doesn’t Work — in 2021 — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (Techrights)
- Andrew Lee of Private Internet Access/London Trust Media Increasingly Owns and Controls Freenode (Updatedx2) — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (Techrights)
- The Need for Reliable Governance at Freenode — Dr. Roy Schestowitz (Techrights)
- Letter to freenode via GitHub Gist — Andrew Lee (rasengan)
- Letter received from tomaw via GitHub Gist — Andrew Lee (rasengan)
- Private Internet Access and the freenode project — Christel Dahlskjaer (christel)
- freenode and irc.com — Christel Dahlskjaer (christel)
- PIA and freenode joining forces — Christel Dahlskjaer (christel)
- LinPeople / Open Projects Net (OPN) changed the name to Freenode and Peer-Directed Projects Center (PDPC) was founded — Wikipedia
- Peer-Directed Projects Center — Freenode.net (Web Archive)
- IRC was founded as irc.linpeople.org — Wikipedia
What is the ulterior motive behind this?
- To help spread awareness of Free Open Source Software (FOSS) centric IRC Networks
- For better bookkeeping and journalistic purposes
- In addition, to keep a record online for ease of reference and better understand what transpired with freenode; both sides of the coin without distortion. URL links to the sources are gathered and presented. Thereon, the public can read and draw their independent conclusion(s) or opinion(s)
- The sheer love for the IRC protocol
Who is "FOSS Community"?
Free Open Source Software Community. In IRC context, they are essentially the backbone and priceless asset of IRC Networks alike Libera Chat, OFTC, freenode, etc. Collectively, they play a part in keeping the protocol alive and relavant.
How to contribute?
Contributions are certainly welcome. Help to collect and update accordingly.