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#debian & IRC Politics

Posted by Hemos on from the ah-the-joys-of-politics dept.

eyez writes "Apparently, the recent decision of OPN(now freenode) to ask for donations has ruffled the feathers of a few debian people. This article on DebianPlanet talks about the current discussion on the debian mailing lists which talks about the possibility of moving #debian (and #debian*) off of OPN altogether."

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  1. Feenode by Rik+van+Riel · · Score: 2, Flamebait
    (I don't think 'freenode' is a fitting name for an irc network that solicits donations)
    Personally, I prefer the name feenode ;)
  2. Re:My Opinion by hacker · · Score: 2, Flamebait
    "And if you don't know or appreciate my work, don't send me money."

    What has Rob Levin, aka "lilo", actually done for OPN?

    1. Has he written one single line of the dancer ircd code? No.
    2. Does he pay for bandwidth? No.
    3. Does he supply servers? No.
    4. Is Rob Levin an Open Source contributor or author? No.
    5. Does he provide anything to the volunteers who donate their equipment, bandwidth, disk space, and time to OPN? No.

    Remind me again what exactly we're paying Rob Levin (not OPN) for.. because I fail to see the value-add here. What "work" has Rob Levin actually contributed to, other than pissing off everyone who started his network 7 years ago, myself included, and kicking off channels that include people who dislike Rob Levin personally, like KainX.