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Posted in Free/Libre Software at 4:58 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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http://techrights.org/videos/freenode-plea.webm
Summary: Freenode may seem like a negligible corner of the Internet, which media never bothers mentioning at all; but Freenode, which many have come to take for granted, is core infrastructure for many Free software projects and protecting the network is essential for the Free Software Movement
The video above was spontaneously recorded following this morning's article, which seemed urgent to make. In it, I explain how and why we rely on Freenode. I explain that the success of Free software partly depends on Freenode and therefore the stewardship of the network is a mission-critical aspect. We don’t intend to abandon IRC (I’ve used it since around or before puberty and Techrights has used Freenode heavily since 2008; we have gigabytes of IRC logs to show for it!) and we don’t wish to be abandoned, either.
“Remember that GNU and FSF also use Freenode and they have no plans/intentions to abandon it in favour of “shiny toys” like Matrix “apps” or other bloat.”We kindly (maybe even amicably) call upon Mr. Lee to communicate with key people and seek a peaceful resolution. It is definitely doable and the Free Software Movement would benefit greatly from such a state of peace. Remember that GNU and FSF also use Freenode and they have no plans/intentions to abandon it in favour of “shiny toys” like Matrix “apps” or other bloat.
The video veers off somewhat, ending with a rant about what Microsoft did to security and to the privacy of billions of people who use E-mail, even if they never used anything Microsoft. █
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