Freenode's registration doesn't show any change in ownership since their acquisition: https://freenode.net/news/pia-fn https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10308021/filing-h...
If you believe there are different parent companies involved, please link sources.
announces the proposed acquisition of LTMI Holdings
Freenode was bought under LTMH. Confusingly similar names, but different companies. o Plus Ultra – a software that speeds up internet connections
o LibreBrowser – a completely private browser
o Private.sh – a private and encrypted search engine based on proprietary cryptography technology
And then includes a list of what else the acquisition actually includes. No freenode listed there.Besides this document's omission, what leads you to think Freenode is not part of PIA?
Edit: I'm not trying to make an ad hominem here, but I see in an earlier comment you describe yourself as the CEO of irc.com, which is also a PIA project (in some sense - again, I don't know the legal relationship or if there's a separate entity). So it sounds like you know what you're talking about, and I hope you can help find or make public some material support for the claim that Freenode is unaffected by this.