On Wednesday 02 June 2021 14:10:34 Jeff Epler wrote:

> [This is a plain-text copy of the blog post
> https://www.linuxcnc.org/2021/06/02/IRC-Server-Change/ Head there for
> a version with clicky links.  I hope to see many of you over at
> Libera.chat!]
>
> Following the example of many prominent projects including Centos,
> Fedora, FreeBSD, Gentoo, Wikipedia, and Ubuntu, the LinuxCNC project
> is shifting its primary real-time chat presence to the new Libera.chat
> IRC service. See the community page for information on how to connect,
> including directly in your web browser.
>
> Most IRC clients support connecting to multiple networks at the same
> time, so if you still want to participate on channels on Freenode (or
> have direct messages with people on Freenode) this option is available
> to you as well.
>
> We thank Freenode’s largely volunteer staff for providing a space to
> organize and discuss LinuxCNC for many years, and we thank the
> Libera.chat staff for providing a new space for the years to come.
>
> Because of reported retaliation for mentioning the libera.chat
> alternative on freenode, the channel topics on the Freenode channels
> will not be updated to directly refer to libera.chat by name.
>
> Jeff

That is both sad, and petty as can be. Best to get shead of that 
situation.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
 - Louis D. Brandeis
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>


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