Re:“Setting the record straight on Freenode” [pdf]
by hannasanarion on Friday May 21, 2021 @01:05PM
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> "Lee wants to takeover freenode" (the entity he already owned for years)
This is a thing that is confusing, because I've seen some claims that there are in fact two entities operating under the name "freenode": the IRC network itself, which is a federated collective owned by nobody, and Freenode Ltd, a company that basically just exists to register the domains and hold the trademarks, which passed from Chris to Lee in 2017.
It sounds like in March, Tom, the new head of staff for the IRC network, wanted to get more control over the limited company, and at the same time Lee, the owner of the limited company, wanted to get more control over the network.
Re:“Setting the record straight on Freenode” [pdf]
by Macha on Friday May 21, 2021 @01:16PM
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I don't think tomaw had any interest in control over the limited company, but did want to exclude the limited company from control of the network.
Re:“Setting the record straight on Freenode” [pdf]
by dapids on Saturday May 22, 2021 @11:08AM
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Why are you acting like a mediator between two conversations you were never part of, it's like you are trying to play devils advocate. You aren't helping the discussion, if you know you know, if you don't you don't.
Re:“Setting the record straight on Freenode” [pdf]
by fastball on Saturday May 22, 2021 @03:45PM
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I'm not trying to mediate a conversation I was never a part of, I am trying to mediate this conversation, right now. There are a lot of people in this thread who also don't have intimate knowledge of these goings on and yet are automatically taking one side's word for it with zero evidence. You don't see that as a problem?
Not saying this is the reality, but it doesn't seem far-fetched given the IRC drama I've seen in the past. Certainly not any more far-fetched than the "Lee wants to takeover freenode" (the entity he already owned for years) angle.