A large proportion of Freenode's users migrated to Libera.Chat, when Freenode's owner changed.
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 members 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 Chatedit
Libera Chat web client (based on KiwiIRC)
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]
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^ abcdefghiFranceschi-Bicchierai, Lorenzo (19 May 2021). "Developers Flee Open Source Project After 'Takeover' By Korean Crown Prince". Vice. 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. from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
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^Claburn, Thomas (19 May 2021). "Freenode IRC staff resign en masse, unhappy about new management". The Register. from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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libera, chat, stylized, libera, chat, network, free, open, source, software, projects, founded, 2021, former, freenode, staff, members, after, freenode, taken, over, andrew, founder, private, internet, access, founded19, 2021, years, 2021, website, urllibera, . Libera Chat stylized as 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 Libera ChatFounded19 May 2021 2 years ago 19 May 2021 Website URLlibera wbr chatPrimary DNSircs irc libera chat 6697Average users31 740 01 October 2023 Average channels22 559 01 October 2023 Content subjectPublic unrestricted Contents 1 History 1 1 Freenode 1 2 Libera Chat 2 References 3 External linksHistory editFreenode edit Main article Freenode Ownership change and conflict nbsp A large proportion of Freenode s users migrated to Libera Chat when Freenode s owner changed 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 members 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 edit nbsp Libera Chat web client based on KiwiIRC 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 edit 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 11 June 2021 Retrieved 13 June 2021 Franceschi Bicchierai Lorenzo 26 May 2021 Major Internet Projects Are Leaving Freenode After Korean Prince Takeover Vice Retrieved 26 May 2021 External links edit nbsp Internet portal nbsp Free and open source software portal Official website Query netsplit de s IRC network database for libera chat Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Libera Chat amp oldid 1203502051, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
