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A Farrago of Freenode Foolery

gerikson.com

14 pointszatertip3 comments

"What was all this about? In three weeks, an IRC network that’s lasted for twenty years was flown into a mountain. Was that the plan all along?

Or is it wrong to ascribe to malice or forethought that which can be more adequately explained by stupidity or drug-fueled mania?"

Author here, any further info, clarifications, logs etc. is welcomed. I've worked off memory and my own logs but times etc. might be a bit off.

Well within the last hour or so on #freenode, root (Andrew Lee) went off on a completely unhinged tirade about BIG FOSS and his perceived victories over it, as well as his totally "FOSS" irc client, which has no source code available (at least as of now), and he doesn't even know the license.

His is apparently the Kiwi IRC client rebranded in an iOS app, but who knows what's in the app itself unless his actual source is released.

Some lines I happened to capture:

  20:41 < root> Big FOSS is no more.  The fossils are gone.  It's now time for the future.  We will FOSSter a new era of FOSS.  freenode is FOSS.  freenoe is IRC.  freenode is freedom.  freenode is for you!
  20:44 < root> freenode hasn't been liberated from FOSS.  FOSS has been liberated of Big FOSS!
  20:45 < root> FOSS IS FORK. FOSS IS FOR YOU.  FOSS IS FREENODE.  FREENODE IS FOSS.  FREENODE IS FREEDOM!  GOODBYE TO THE FOSSILS!  HELLO TO FOSSTERING COMMUNITy AND PROJECTS!  FREENODE WINS!  THE FOSSADES LOSE!  WE DID IT FOR YOU!

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