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This is probably a pdf of this blog post: https://freenode.net/news/freenode-is-foss https://freenode.net/news/freenode-is-foss I'm not familiar with the situa
by dna_polymerase 5y ago
This is probably a pdf of this blog post: https://freenode.net/news/freenode-is-foss https://freenode.net/news/freenode-is-foss
I'm not familiar with the situation, but find it odd, that the author signs off as "Chairman, freenode limited" where he seems to be the owner of the company that owns Private Internet Access (PIA) [0]. This form of selectively under-reporting has a weird smell to it.
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26053770 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26053770
- floatingatoll 5y agoIt includes additional content, though I didn’t review more closely than that.
- Macha 5y agoPIA have clarified that they are wholly owned by Kape these days, and that LTM/Imperial holdings/Andrew Lee has no stake remaining: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/ng5pzj/freenode_now_belongs_to_andrew_lee_and_im_leaving/gyq1h81/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/ng5pzj/freenode_now_... This is also why the sponsor logo on freenode.net is for Shells, not PIA. Kape has its own questionable background, but not one that involves this incident.
- erk__ 5y agoPIA was sold to a Israli company some time back: https://www.hackread.com/private-internet-access-pia-vpn-sold-israel-privacy-concerns/ https://www.hackread.com/private-internet-access-pia-vpn-sol...
- InsightfulIke 5y agoPIA was sold to a company that is associated with Lumosity and Hola VPN.