Freenode ops take control of 700 channels

Re:Freenode ops take control of 700 channels by haasn on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @07:57AM (#27289318)

This is not true, many are moving to OFTC. But the obvious answer is, Libera is run by the ex-freenode staffers, and runs on the same software. (Unlike OFTC)

So Libera is basically Freenode's spiritual successor with a different name.

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Re:Freenode ops take control of 700 channels by c0l0 on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @08:09AM (#27289438)

I don't see that (some communities opting for libera.chat, some for OFTC) as a problem, though. Recent events show that some amount of IRC network diversity can only be a good thing.

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Re:Freenode ops take control of 700 channels by est31 on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @09:25AM (#27290198)

While you are right that Libera is ran by former freenode operators, it's not 100% the same software. When you connect to freenode the server tells you it's running ircd-seven-1.1.9, while libera tells you it runs on solanum-1.0-dev. OTC says hybrid-7.2.2+oftc1.7.3.

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Re:Freenode ops take control of 700 channels by marcan_42 on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @09:39AM (#27290341)

AIUI the old freenode folks had been working on solanum for a while now, and this was the perfect time to switch to it. So it's not the same software, but it's the spiritual successor too.

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Re:Freenode ops take control of 700 channels by hnlmorg on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @10:36AM (#27291005)

Freenode was in the process of migrating to Solanum but this was one of the projects that Lee halted (and in a very underhanded way too). So it makes sense that Libra runs Solanum

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