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The new corporate owner of Freenode is Imperial Family Companies

53 points by marcan_42 5y ago

nathanaldensr 5y ago
> We are bringing power BACK TO THE PEOPLE Strong claims require strong evidence.
- deleted 5y ago
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- skrebbel 5y ago
  I think they mean BACK TO THE PEOPLE IN MY MANSION.
- kwdc 5y ago
  When was freenode's power taken from the people? Who are "the people" anyway? Who took away their power? What exactly was freenode's power anyway? Other than chat. So many questions.
- wearywanderer 5y ago
  When somebody starts making sensational claims like "bringing power back to the people" it makes me think they are trying to distract me from something.
phs 5y ago
Where does it say freenode has changed hands at all? Not here: https://freenode.net/project https://freenode.net/project Seemingly not here?: https://imperialfamily.com/ https://imperialfamily.com/ Merely linking to freenode.net under "technology" is less than convincing.
- kroo 5y ago
  looks like the freenode staff confirmed it here: https://twitter.com/freenodestaff/status/1395046345145307140 https://twitter.com/freenodestaff/status/1395046345145307140
- marcan_42 5y ago
  Freenode changed hands in 2018 to London Trust Media; this is well documented. What has happened now is that they are now taking over the actual operations of the network. It seems London Trust Media recently rebranded as Imperial Family Companies; londontrustmedia.com now redirects there.
- ilaksh 5y ago
  Actually, the influence of that company is old news. Freenode people have now moved on with a new name. But the reason was that yes that company did have some control over that domain name apparently. Go to the Freenode IRC (if it still exists) and talk to the people there. Then go to the Libera.chat IRC and talk to those people. You can confirm where the people are.
- tingletech 5y ago
  here is post about it https://blog.bofh.it/debian/id_461 https://blog.bofh.it/debian/id_461
dang 5y ago
Most comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27207440 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27207440.
aritmo 5y ago
Aristocracy theme for the company and then make weird claims toward democracy.
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metreo 5y ago
this makes zero sense, why? is this a massive troll on freenode?

53 points by marcan_42 5y ago

nathanaldensr 5y ago

> We are bringing power BACK TO THE PEOPLE Strong claims require strong evidence.

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skrebbel 5y ago
I think they mean BACK TO THE PEOPLE IN MY MANSION.
kwdc 5y ago
When was freenode's power taken from the people? Who are "the people" anyway? Who took away their power? What exactly was freenode's power anyway? Other than chat. So many questions.
wearywanderer 5y ago
When somebody starts making sensational claims like "bringing power back to the people" it makes me think they are trying to distract me from something.

phs 5y ago

Where does it say freenode has changed hands at all? Not here: https://freenode.net/project https://freenode.net/project Seemingly not here?: https://imperialfamily.com/ https://imperialfamily.com/ Merely linking to freenode.net under "technology" is less than convincing.

kroo 5y ago
looks like the freenode staff confirmed it here: https://twitter.com/freenodestaff/status/1395046345145307140 https://twitter.com/freenodestaff/status/1395046345145307140
marcan_42 5y ago
Freenode changed hands in 2018 to London Trust Media; this is well documented. What has happened now is that they are now taking over the actual operations of the network. It seems London Trust Media recently rebranded as Imperial Family Companies; londontrustmedia.com now redirects there.
ilaksh 5y ago
Actually, the influence of that company is old news. Freenode people have now moved on with a new name. But the reason was that yes that company did have some control over that domain name apparently. Go to the Freenode IRC (if it still exists) and talk to the people there. Then go to the Libera.chat IRC and talk to those people. You can confirm where the people are.
tingletech 5y ago
here is post about it https://blog.bofh.it/debian/id_461 https://blog.bofh.it/debian/id_461

dang 5y ago

Most comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27207440 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27207440.

aritmo 5y ago

Aristocracy theme for the company and then make weird claims toward democracy.

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metreo 5y ago

this makes zero sense, why? is this a massive troll on freenode?