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-some way with the project in question. Topical, or ‘about’ channels, begin with
+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
privilege, not a right, and may be withdrawn where we believe that this has not
been the case.
-Unlawful activities and related support activities are considered off-topic, as are
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+illegal content, spam, or squatting a namespace preventing others from utilizing it.
In accordance with UK law freenode has no tolerance for any activity that could be construed
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