freenode
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Freenode, stylized as freenode and formerly known as Open Projects Network, is an IRC computer network which was previously used to discuss peer-directed projects. Their servers are accessible from the hostname , which load balances connections by using round-robin DNS.
Key facts
- IRC network.name
- Freenode
- IRC network.image
- 250px
- IRC network.founded_on
- as irc.linpeople.org as irc.openprojects.net as irc.freenode.net
- IRC network.located_in
- (as of 2015)
- IRC network.primary_dns
- irc://chat.freenode.net/
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
freenode - IRC Network
freenode.net →Link to the official site · 2,491 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- freenode.net
- Image
- Freenodeservers.png
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- Commons category
- Freenode
- inception
- 1995-00-00
- IRC channel URL
- irc://irc.freenode.net/freenode
- social media followers
- 5216
via Wikidata · CC0
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- History <span class="anchor" id="ratbert"></span>
- Governance
- Operations and incidents
- Ownership change and conflict
- Characteristics
- Server software
- Peer-Directed Projects Center<!--'Peer-Directed Projects Center' redirects here-->
- Rob Levin
- References
- External links
Freenode, stylized as freenode and formerly known as Open Projects Network, is an IRC computer network which was previously used to discuss peer-directed projects. Their servers are accessible from the hostname , which load balances connections by using round-robin DNS.
On 19 May 2021, Freenode underwent what some staff described as a "hostile takeover" and at least 14 volunteer staff members resigned. Following the events, various organisations using Freenode – including Arch Linux, CentOS, FreeBSD, the Free Software Foundation, Free Software Foundation Europe, Gentoo Linux, KDE, LineageOS, Slackware, Ubuntu, and the Wikimedia Foundation – moved their channels to Libera Chat, a network created by former Freenode staff. Others like Haiku or Alpine Linux moved to the Open and Free Technology Community (OFTC). By 16 August 2021, over a thousand projects had left Freenode.