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[[File:IRC top 10 networks 2021.png|thumb|right|255px|A large proportion of Freenode's users migrated to Libera.Chat, when Freenode's owner changed.]] |
[[File:IRC top 10 networks 2021.png|thumb|right|255px|A large proportion of Freenode's users migrated to Libera.Chat, when Freenode's owner changed.]] |
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In 2017, Christel Dahlskjaer, then the head of staff at Freenode, incorporated a new company called Freenode Limited and transferred ownership to technology entrepreneur Andrew Lee.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dahlskjaer|first=Christel|date=12 April 2017|title=PIA and freenode joining forces|url=https://freenode.net/news/pia-fn|url-status=live|access-date=21 May 2021|website=Freenode|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520054257/https://freenode.net/news/pia-fn}}</ref><ref name="vice2" /><ref name="hackaday20212" /> In February 2021, Dahlskjaer added the logo of Shells, a company co-founded by Lee, to the Freenode website.<ref name="vice2">{{Cite web|last=Franceschi-Bicchierai|first=Lorenzo|date=19 May 2021|title=Developers Flee Open Source Project After 'Takeover' By Korean Crown Prince|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7ev8y/freenode-open-source-korea-crown-prince-takeover|url-status=live|access-date=19 May 2021|website=[[Vice (website)|Vice]]|language=en|archive-date=19 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519190257/https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7ev8y/freenode-open-source-korea-crown-prince-takeover}}</ref> Following criticism from staff, Dahlskjaer resigned from the leadership of Freenode,<ref name="hackaday20212">{{Cite news|last=Nardi|first=Tom|date=19 May 2021|title=Freenode debacle prompts staff exodus, new network|work=[[Hackaday]]|url=https://hackaday.com/2021/05/20/freenode-debacle-prompts-staff-exodus-new-network/|access-date=19 May 2021|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520140204/https://hackaday.com/2021/05/20/freenode-debacle-prompts-staff-exodus-new-network/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vice2" /> and Freenode staff elected Tom Wesley as the new head of staff. Lee allegedly removed a blog post explaining the leadership changes and, on 11 May, appointed a new person to oversee the Freenode infrastructure.<ref name="vice2" /> Freenode staff resigned [[en masse]], and some published statements outlining their view of what happened and claiming that Lee had been applying legal pressure to Wesley.<ref name="vice2" /> |
In 2017, Christel Dahlskjaer, then the head of staff at Freenode, incorporated a new company called Freenode Limited and transferred ownership to technology entrepreneur [[Andrew Lee (entrepreneur)|Andrew Lee]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dahlskjaer|first=Christel|date=12 April 2017|title=PIA and freenode joining forces|url=https://freenode.net/news/pia-fn|url-status=live|access-date=21 May 2021|website=Freenode|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520054257/https://freenode.net/news/pia-fn}}</ref><ref name="vice2" /><ref name="hackaday20212" /> In February 2021, Dahlskjaer added the logo of Shells, a company co-founded by Lee, to the Freenode website.<ref name="vice2">{{Cite web|last=Franceschi-Bicchierai|first=Lorenzo|date=19 May 2021|title=Developers Flee Open Source Project After 'Takeover' By Korean Crown Prince|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7ev8y/freenode-open-source-korea-crown-prince-takeover|url-status=live|access-date=19 May 2021|website=[[Vice (website)|Vice]]|language=en|archive-date=19 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519190257/https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7ev8y/freenode-open-source-korea-crown-prince-takeover}}</ref> Following criticism from staff, Dahlskjaer resigned from the leadership of Freenode,<ref name="hackaday20212">{{Cite news|last=Nardi|first=Tom|date=19 May 2021|title=Freenode debacle prompts staff exodus, new network|work=[[Hackaday]]|url=https://hackaday.com/2021/05/20/freenode-debacle-prompts-staff-exodus-new-network/|access-date=19 May 2021|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520140204/https://hackaday.com/2021/05/20/freenode-debacle-prompts-staff-exodus-new-network/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="vice2" /> and Freenode staff elected Tom Wesley as the new head of staff. Lee allegedly removed a blog post explaining the leadership changes and, on 11 May, appointed a new person to oversee the Freenode infrastructure.<ref name="vice2" /> Freenode staff resigned [[en masse]], and some published statements outlining their view of what happened and claiming that Lee had been applying legal pressure to Wesley.<ref name="vice2" /> |
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Lee denied these claims, and said that he had provided Freenode with millions of dollars and was entitled to Freenode's servers as the owner of Freenode Limited.<ref name="vice2" /><ref name="hackaday20212" /> Lee also accused Wesley of harassing Dahlskjaer and of attempting a "hostile takeover." |
Lee denied these claims, and said that he had provided Freenode with millions of dollars and was entitled to Freenode's servers as the owner of Freenode Limited.<ref name="vice2" /><ref name="hackaday20212" /> Lee also accused Wesley of harassing Dahlskjaer and of attempting a "hostile takeover."<ref name="vice2" /><ref name="register20212">{{Cite news|last=Claburn|first=Thomas|date=19 May 2021|title=Freenode IRC staff resign en masse, unhappy about new management|work=[[The Register]]|url=https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/19/freenode_staff_resigns/|access-date=19 May 2021|archive-date=21 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521043242/https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/19/freenode_staff_resigns/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="hackaday20212" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Andrew|date=19 May 2021|title=Letter to freenode|url=https://gist.github.com/realrasengan/88549ec34ee32d01629354e4075d2d48|url-status=live|access-date=31 October 2021|via=[[GitHub]]|archive-date=19 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519125338/https://gist.github.com/realrasengan/88549ec34ee32d01629354e4075d2d48}}</ref> |
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=== Libera Chat === |
=== Libera Chat === |
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[[File:Libera Chat KiwiIRC web client chat screenshot.png|thumb|Libera Chat web client (based on KiwiIRC)]] |
[[File:Libera Chat KiwiIRC web client chat screenshot.png|thumb|Libera Chat web client (based on KiwiIRC)]] |
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After resigning from Freenode, the former staff created Libera Chat on 19 May 2021. They have described the network as a successor to Freenode, which they intend to focus around "free and open source software projects and similarly-spirited collaborative endeavours". Many major projects like Bitcoin, |
After resigning from Freenode, the former staff created Libera Chat on 19 May 2021.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="vice2" /> They have described the network as a successor to Freenode, which they intend to focus around "free and open source software projects and similarly-spirited collaborative endeavours".<ref name="hackaday20212" /> Many major projects like [[Bitcoin]], [[FrOSCon]], [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora]], [[Ubuntu]], [[Gentoo Linux|Gentoo]], [[FreeBSD]], the [[Free Software Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web |title=FSF and GNU move official IRC channels to Libera.Chat network — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software |url=https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-and-gnu-move-official-irc-channels-to-libera-chat-network |website=www.fsf.org |access-date=13 June 2021}}</ref> and [[Wikimedia movement|Wikimedia]] have since moved their channels from Freenode to Libera Chat and to other IRC networks.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Major Internet Projects Are Leaving Freenode After Korean Prince 'Takeover'|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkbgvg/major-internet-projects-are-leaving-freenode-after-korean-prince-takeover|access-date=2021-05-26|website=www.vice.com|language=en}}</ref> |
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, Fedora, Ubuntu, Gentoo, FreeBSD, the Free Software Foundation and. have since moved their channels from Freenode to Libera Chat and to other IRC networks. |
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== References == |
== References == |
Revision as of 22:17, 12 August 2022
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Founded | 19 May 2021 |
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Website URL | libera |
Primary DNS | ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697 |
Average users | 48,200 (23 February 2022) |
Average channels | 21,400 (23 February 2022) |
Content/subject | Public / unrestricted |
Libera Chat, stylized Libera.Chat, is an IRC network for free and open source software projects. It was founded on 19 May 2021[1] by former Freenode staff members, after Freenode was taken over by Andrew Lee, founder of Private Internet Access.[2][3][4]
History
Freenode
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/IRC_top_10_networks_2021.png/255px-IRC_top_10_networks_2021.png)
In 2017, Christel Dahlskjaer, then the head of staff at Freenode, incorporated a new company called Freenode Limited and transferred ownership to technology entrepreneur Andrew Lee.[5][3][6] In February 2021, Dahlskjaer added the logo of Shells, a company co-founded by Lee, to the Freenode website.[3] Following criticism from staff, Dahlskjaer resigned from the leadership of Freenode,[6][3] and Freenode staff elected Tom Wesley as the new head of staff. Lee allegedly removed a blog post explaining the leadership changes and, on 11 May, appointed a new person to oversee the Freenode infrastructure.[3] Freenode staff resigned en masse, and some published statements outlining their view of what happened and claiming that Lee had been applying legal pressure to Wesley.[3]
Lee denied these claims, and said that he had provided Freenode with millions of dollars and was entitled to Freenode's servers as the owner of Freenode Limited.[3][6] Lee also accused Wesley of harassing Dahlskjaer and of attempting a "hostile takeover."[3][7][6][8]
Libera Chat
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Libera_Chat_KiwiIRC_web_client_chat_screenshot.png/220px-Libera_Chat_KiwiIRC_web_client_chat_screenshot.png)
After resigning from Freenode, the former staff created Libera Chat on 19 May 2021.[2][3] They have described the network as a successor to Freenode, which they intend to focus around "free and open source software projects and similarly-spirited collaborative endeavours".[6] Many major projects like Bitcoin, FrOSCon, Fedora, Ubuntu, Gentoo, FreeBSD, the Free Software Foundation[9] and Wikimedia have since moved their channels from Freenode to Libera Chat and to other IRC networks.[10]
References
- ^ "Libera Chat". Libera Chat. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ a b Beschizza, Rob (19 May 2021). "Freenode IRC staff quit after new owner "seizes" control of network". Boing Boing. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Franceschi-Bicchierai, Lorenzo (19 May 2021). "Developers Flee Open Source Project After 'Takeover' By Korean Crown Prince". Vice. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ Salter, Jim (24 May 2021). "Freenode IRC staff resign en masse after takeover by Korea's "crown prince"". Ars Technica.
- ^ Dahlskjaer, Christel (12 April 2017). "PIA and freenode joining forces". Freenode. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Nardi, Tom (19 May 2021). "Freenode debacle prompts staff exodus, new network". Hackaday. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ Claburn, Thomas (19 May 2021). "Freenode IRC staff resign en masse, unhappy about new management". The Register. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ Lee, Andrew (19 May 2021). "Letter to freenode". Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021 – via GitHub.
- ^ "FSF and GNU move official IRC channels to Libera.Chat network — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software". www.fsf.org. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Major Internet Projects Are Leaving Freenode After Korean Prince 'Takeover'". www.vice.com. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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