The video above was spontaneously recorded following this morning's article, which seemed urgent to make. In it, I explain how and why we rely on Freenode. I explain that the success of Free software partly depends on Freenode and therefore the stewardship of the network is a mission-critical aspect. We don't intend to abandon IRC (I've used it since around or before puberty and Techrights has used Freenode heavily since 2008; we have gigabytes of IRC logs to show for it!) and we don't wish to be abandoned, either.

"Remember that GNU and FSF also use Freenode and they have no plans/intentions to abandon it in favour of "shiny toys" like Matrix "apps" or other bloat."We kindly (maybe even amicably) call upon Mr. Lee to communicate with key people and seek a peaceful resolution. It is definitely doable and the Free Software Movement would benefit greatly from such a state of peace. Remember that GNU and FSF also use Freenode and they have no plans/intentions to abandon it in favour of "shiny toys" like Matrix "apps" or other bloat.

The video veers off somewhat, ending with a rant about what Microsoft did to security and to the privacy of billions of people who use E-mail, even if they never used anything Microsoft. ⬆