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Re:The Freenode resignation FAQ, or: “what the fuck is going... by ilaksh on Sunday May 16, 2021 @05:29AM (#27172434)
How hard would it be to rename everything and get a different domain? I assume it is pretty hard to do that?

Maybe Freenode could become Freednode. Or Freenet. Or Fossville. FreeOfLeeNet

Re:The Freenode resignation FAQ, or: “what the fuck is going... by mjw1007 on Sunday May 16, 2021 @05:48AM (#27172502)
From the draft resignation letters, looks like if this does happen it will be libera.chat .
Re:The Freenode resignation FAQ, or: “what the fuck is going... by Loewenherz on Monday May 17, 2021 @02:00AM (#27180472)
It should be like one line in the IRC server config to change the hostname, then update a few lines to link to other servers in the network, probably new certificates for that, update a few domain name references in the MOTD, maybe edit firewall rules, probably also the round-robin/load balancer config, wait for DNS propagation. The longer-lasting pain will be for channel operators who didn't advise their users where to connect if Freenode goes down, or set up fallbacks.