Purpose
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-The freenode project exists to help peer-directed project communities flourish.
-Peer-directed projects combine open, informal participation with broad licensing
-and wide dissemination of output.
-
-freenode provides facilities to peer-directed project communities, including those
-of free and open source software (FOSS). The IRC component of freenode is a
-self-referential medium, existing mainly to service IRC users — but the network
-was created to serve groups that exist outside of IRC. freenode is designed to encourage
-community members to improve their skills in the areas of cooperative effort, interpersonal
-communication and project coordination, and to create a real-time bridge to the outside world
-for our target communities.
+The freenode project exists to help all communities. Its focus is peer-directed projects
+and open innovation communities. Peer-directed projects combine open, informal participation
+with broad licensing and wide dissemination of output.
+
+freenode provides facilities to peer-directed project communities and the combined efforts
+of open innovations, including those of free and open source software (FOSS). Freenode
+utilizes IRC to service its users — but the network was created to serve groups that
+exist outside of IRC. freenode is designed to encourage community members to improve their
+skills in the areas of cooperative effort, interpersonal communication and project
+coordination, and to create a real-time bridge to the outside world for our target communities.
Nickname ownership
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Channel ownership
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-*These changes are made on 5/22/21 and are a draft. Please send feedback to
-feedback@freenode.net or the #freenode-policy-feedback*
-
Channels on freenode fall into one of two categories. Primary channels, which
-begin with a single # character, are reserved for on-topic projects. If you’d
-like to take over one of these channels, then you’ll need to be associated in
-some way with the project in question. For abandoned project channels that
-have moved or are no longer available to the public, you may request the
-ownership of the channel be transferred to you. Please make said requests in
-the #freenode IRC channel. Topical, or ‘about’ channels, begin with
-two # characters, and these are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis to
-the first person who registers it with ChanServ. As with nicknames, however, we
-reserve the right to remove or alter registrations where we believe they have
-not been made in good faith.
+begin with a single # character, are reserved for on-topic projects. Primary
+channels are required to stay open. If a primary channel closes access to its
+users or is in violation of freenode policies, then it will be closed and forwarded
+to a topical channel. If you’d like to take over one of these primary channels, then
+you’ll need to be associated in some way with the project in question. Topical,
+or ‘about’ channels, begin with two # characters, and these are allocated on a
+first-come, first-served basis to the first person who registers it with ChanServ.
+As with nicknames, however, we reserve the right to remove or alter registrations
+where we believe they have not been made in good faith.
Primary channels do not expire with inactivity, though they can be claimed at
any time by a representative of an on-topic project with the appropriate name.
Off-topic Use
=============
-*These changes are made on 5/22/21 and are a draft. Please send feedback to
-feedback@freenode.net or the #freenode-policy-feedback*
-
We expect all users of the network, whether affiliated with a project or not, to
act in good faith and in accordance with both their local laws and those
applicable where freenode operates. Use of freenode and its facilities is a
privilege, not a right, and may be withdrawn where we believe that this has not
been the case.
-Off topic channels are required to act in good faith in accordance to the freenode
-community as a whole. Unlawful activities and related support activities are considered
-off-topic, as are inappropriate advertising such as unused channels for the purpose of
-polluting the channel list results, transmission of illicit content such as warez or
-illegal content, spam, or squatting a namespace preventing others from utilizing it.
+Unlawful activities and related support activities are considered off-topic, as are
+inappropriate advertising, heavy media file trading, proprietary game software modding,
+warez, porn and various forms of antisocial behaviour, including (but not limited to)
+political, racial, ethnic, religious or gender-related invective.
In accordance with UK law freenode has no tolerance for any activity that could be construed
as:
Last revised July 30, 2018
-This policy was last updated on: 30 July 2018
+This policy page was last updated on: 25 May 2021
If you have any questions about freenode policies, please e-mail policy@freenode.net.
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