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Freenode and OFTC IRC networks buddy up (Linux.com)
Linux.com looks at
Freenode and OFTC. "Two Internet Relay Chat (IRC) networks that are
used heavily by free and open source software projects, freenode and the
Open and Free Technology Community (OFTC), are building bridges by swapping
staff and observing each other's operations. The rapprochement brings
together two organizations that sprang from a single project, and may be a
precursor for more intimate ties."
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rapprochement Posted May 23, 2007 1:20 UTC (Wed) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054) [Link] For those of us (like me) whose French is rusty, rapprochement is not to be confused with reproachment. :-)
Freenode and OFTC IRC networks buddy up (Linux.com) Posted May 23, 2007 6:05 UTC (Wed) by hawk (subscriber, #3195) [Link] This makes perfect sense to me...I think that the two networks should probably strive to merge at some point. After all the networks have pretty much the same audience, so having the userbase split between these two separate networks isn't really beneficial to anyone.
Obviously some management differences would have to be resolved, but I think that from a user point of view, it would be good. (Merging registered users and channels would be a problem, though.)
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