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Archives of conversations in #boycottnovell (@FreeNode) are posted on a daily basis and they can be found in this page. Additionally, Boycott Novell runs a low-traffic channel at #boycottnovell-social for off-topic conversations that are informal and should be treated as such. Their archives are few and they can be found in:

Archives of conversations in #techrights (@FreeNode) are the following:

Update: starting August 2010, archives for #boycottnovell-social and #techrights are posted on a daily basis, rendering updates to this page moot.

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