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This looks like Culture War. From "The Freenode Resignation FAQ" at https://gist.github.com/joepie91/df80d8d36cd9d1bde46ba018af497409/ https://gist.github.com/
by clarge1120 5y ago
This looks like Culture War.
From "The Freenode Resignation FAQ" at https://gist.github.com/joepie91/df80d8d36cd9d1bde46ba018af497409/ https://gist.github.com/joepie91/df80d8d36cd9d1bde46ba018af4...
> [The new Freenode owner] Andrew was repeatedly asked in the "policy discussion channel" whether slurs, racism and transphobia are now permitted on Freenode. No answer has been forthcoming.
The new owner either will not answer, or will not take a side, in the Culture War. In response, a number of users have taken his non-answers as an answer, and are leaving.
- shkkmo 5y agoNot at all This is about ownership and control. Andrew is trying to seize legal control over an organization run by volunteers. The volunteers (and everyone else) aren't happy with the way this was handled or the way Andrew is using his power to silence dissent.
- joshuaissac 5y agoAndrew Lee has had legal control over Freenode since 2017. He gave assurances to the volunteers that he would not try to assume operational control. He affirmed that commitment as late as a few months ago. Now he has gone against that.
- shkkmo 5y agoAFAIK, the only thing Andrew unambiguously had legal ownership over was the domain names.
- lonjil 5y agoThose questions came after people started leaving, and after Lee made changes to freenode policy removing mentions of racism and such.