FSF and GNU move official IRC channels to Libera.Chat network — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software
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As a result of this meeting and our review, the FSF and GNU have decided to relocate our IRC channels to Libera.Chat. Effective immediately, Libera is the official home of our channels, which include but are not limited to all those in the #fsf, #gnu, and #libreplanet namespaces.

On June 25th, at 10:00 AM EDT (UTC 14:00), we plan to forward any channels remaining in the #fsf, #gnu, and #libreplanet namespaces on the Freenode network to their corresponding ##fsf, ##gnu, and ##libreplanet counterparts. As per Freenode policy, channels with the ## prefix are unofficial “topical” channels, and accordingly, they will not be moderated by GNU or FSF staff.

Please note that the irc.gnu.org address, which has historically pointed to the Freenode network, will be disabled on June 25th, to give any users still connecting with this address sufficient notice.

  • poVoq
    4•3 years ago

    Spams the IRC channels with disconnects and other issues all the time. I know they still test it, but it was hardly better with their bridge to Freenode.

    IMHO Matrix is a shitty IRC client, the only benefit it seems to have is the free-as-in-beer bouncer it offers in exchange for siphoning off all the data to their servers in the UK.

    • @TaiAurori@lemmy.ml
      1•3 years ago

      If you refer to matrix.org when you say “their servers”, the entire point of Matrix being decentralized, E2EE, and open is the fact that does not need to happen. Use an alternative homeserver, or host one yourself. Plus, not to mention one of Matrix’s main selling points is unifying communication platforms, which is exactly what is happening here.

      Unless there’s something I’m missing of course, which I won’t dismiss as a possibility, but the fact you moderate the community for XMPP/Jabber doesn’t exactly save me from thinking there might be somewhat of a bias at play here.

      • poVoq
        1•3 years ago

        Yes you are missing the point that we are talking about the official Matrix.org to libera.chat IRC bridge which runs of course on the matrix.org servers even if you connect through it from your homeserver.

        • @TaiAurori@lemmy.ml
          1•3 years ago

          Doesn’t libera use their own homeserver (e.g #example:libera.chat instead of #example-libera:matrix.org)? I haven’t heard anything about libera’s Matrix homeserver being a forwarder from matrix.org, TIL I suppose.