On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 12:34:16PM -0800, Poof wrote: > On Sun, 23 May 2021 03:29:40 -0500 > Rick Tanner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > TL;DR > > Should we move the official IRC channel of Crossfire from Freenode to > > Libera ? > > > > > > There has been a turn of events with Freenode, our current & official > > IRC server host, that raise some concerns [1]. > > > > Seems https://libera.chat/ is the IRC host to move too. I've done the > > legwork to get a properly reserved and registered #crossfire channel > > at Libera. > > > > So, let the questions and discussion begin as to whether or not > > #crossfire should move to a new IRC 'home' - mainly Libera. > > > > > > > > > > [1] - Some of the many sources that have reported on this event: > > > > https://linustechtips.com/topic/1339623-freenode-staff-quit-en-masse-after-secret-ownership-changes/ > > > > https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/19/freenode_staff_resigns/ > > > > https://boingboing.net/2021/05/19/freenode-irc-staff-quit-after-new-owner-seizes-control.html > > For what it is worth, my local FOSS group took a vote on this during the past > week. They have moved to Libera.Chat and closed their Freenode channel last > Thursday. I was on both networks for a bit, then moved my account(s) to > Libera.Chat. > > Gene Alexander
The problem with this is that the drama sourounding Freenode has been going around for decades and this is just the latest go around. Aside from the #crossfire is going through a discourse server? Is that still correct? Seems that it becomes somewhat irrelevant. > -- > Mailing List Subscriptions - [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > crossfire mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire -- So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://www.mrbrklyn.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive http://www.coinhangout.com - coins! http://www.brooklyn-living.com Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps, but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013 _______________________________________________ crossfire mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire
