Re: Moving IRC channel to libera.chat

[Jean Abou Samra]

Le 14/06/2021 à 23:30, David Kastrup a écrit :
> Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Le 14/06/2021 à 17:06, Jan Nieuwenhuizen a écrit :
> > > Hi!
> > Glad to meet you (and somewhat impressed, I must admit).
> >
> > > The FSF and GNU are moving to libera.chat
> > >
> > >       https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2021-06/msg00005.html
> > >
> > > As most channels already moved over the past weeks (#bootstrappable,
> > > #emacs, #guile, #guix, #hurd, #ubuntu*, ...) I suggest for #lilypond to
> > > also move (or "stay" with the original freenode staff as some call it).
> > >
> > > In anticipation of that (as most channels already moved), I have created
> > > a #lilypond channel on libera.chat and applied for an official
> > > registration.  Patches for the website attached.
> > Like David, seconded. The move seems to have been a
> > no-brainer in many projects (including Python, which
> > is large enough for them not to make this decision on
> > a whim!). It looks like Freenode made spectacularly
> > bad decisions lately. Blocking channels because they
> > mentioned the libera.chat alternative…
> "Freenode made bad decisions" is a bit misleading since the vast bulk of
> what constituted Freenode has moved on.  The person being in legal and
> financial control over the operation of the server and site names has,
> well, decided to do a Goneril.

Let me rephrase that more figuratively: the community was
seized in such a way that it had to swarm. By the way, here
is the latest update from the FSF (just in case anyone was
still to be convinced):

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2021-06/msg00007.html

Best,
Jean