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    K/Ubuntu IRC Moved to Libera.chat

    See: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/irc-move-to-libera/22472

    and https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2021/05/26...to-libera-chat
    On #kubuntu-devel & #kubuntu on libera.chat - IRC Nick: RikMills - Launchpad ID: click

    #2
    A couple of years ago, christel, now former head of freenode staff sold `freenode ltd` (a holding company) to a third party,
    Andrew Lee[1], under terms that have not been disclosed to the staff body. This was done, from what we were informed, to organize our freenode
    #live conferences, that required a legal body. We were repeatedly promised, by both christel and Andrew Lee, that neither the holding nor Andrew Lee would have any operational impact
    on freenode the IRC network. We gladly forwarded this to our users, who were understandably concerned as well.

    In the past few weeks, this has changed[2], and the existance of a legal threat to freenode has become apparent. We cannot know the substance of this legal
    threat as it contains some kind of gag order preventing its broader discussion within staff.
    The democratically elected heads of their respective teams, development, infrastructure, projects and communities were removed by force[3] and have been informed that they are not
    entitled to act in their respective capacity.
    As a result, Mr Lee wants and partially has operational control
    And on the front page of his website, "Imperial Family Companies", he has this:
    We are bringing power

    BACK TO THE PEOPLE
    Hijacking, gag orders, and such. Strange way of "bringing power back to the people".
    Visions of grandeur? Google Andrew Lee and see.
    "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
    – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.

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