Freenode Staff Resign En MassgegoxarenRank: #650 technology, computers, newsBlocksBlocks prevnext Prev Next Article: You need to login to view this link """ During the past few months in general, and last weeks in particular, it has become increasingly clear that the owners of the holding company freenode Ltd have been planning a hostile takeover of the freenode network. That takeover is now about to happen, and I cannot in good faith volunteer for this “new” freenode. freenode Ltd’s current owners’ values do not align with the values freenode the network was founded on and operated under up until now. I, and many of the other volunteers who have resigned from freenode, have joined to form Libera Chat, a next-generation IRC network for FOSS and peer directed projects, formed as a nonprofit organisation where all its staff has equal representation at the table to safeguard its future. We invite you all to join us there and hope we all can make it a flourishing, safe place for free software and peer directed projects. You will find us in #libera on irc.libera.chat:6697 (tls). It has been a joy to interact with all your fantastic projects using freenode these past years, and it’s with great sorrow, but cautious optimism I’m leaving for something new. Best, //Swant """ (You need to login to view this link 2021-05-19, 17:50 CET) """ Andrew Lee's public response to that on IRC[4][5] clarified that he had no intention of honoring our long established staff team structure. Some users reported[6][7] that Andrew Lee had already started assembling a replacement team, and that people were bribed to join with the prospect of money, power, vanity, and even revenge on former staff[8]. I am grateful for the feedback we have received from our people and projects, a lot of whom are sympathetic with us and are questioning the new management[4][9][10]. [...] The data that has been sold, data that freenode has been keeping and processing -- consists of: - Any current metadata that's associated with any registrations with NickServ and ChanServ. This includes your email address, and last hostname with which you logged into your account. - MemoServ memos and current ProjectServ metadata -- if you're participating in a registered project on freenode. - Logs of *Serv usage and logs of connections/disconnections for the past 30 days. - Any and all correspondence you've had with support@freenode.net, kline@freenode.net, groups@freenode.net or similar. To this day, freenode has not been logging your messages. """ (You need to login to view this link 2021-05-19, 17:50 CET)You need to login to view this link prevnext +20 -Favorite +Favorite Unblock User's Content Block User's Content Sub/Block Channels technology:UploadUnblockBlockSubUnsubsubs: 36 computers:UploadUnblockBlockSubUnsubsubs: 14 news:UploadUnblockBlockSubUnsubsubs: 827
