Open and Free Technology Community
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 Open and Free Technology Community |
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| Founded: | 2001 |
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| Geographic Location(s): | Asia Australia Europe United States |
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| Executive Board: | weasel, NOC Chair cdlu, Ombudsman migus, Advisor weasel, Routing Ganneff, Routing |
| Website URL: | www.oftc.net |
| Primary DNS: | irc.oftc.net |
| Average Users: | 4,500 - 5,000 |
| Average Channels: | 1100 - 1200 |
| Average Servers: | 22 |
| Content/Subject: | Public/Unrestricted |
The Open and Free Technology Community (OFTC) is an IRC network which is particularly popular with the free software community.
The OFTC was founded in late 2001[1], by and large by people who were previously working on freenode.[2] OFTC is ruled by a written constitution and the staff elect the officers among each other using a voting mechanism. OFTC became a member project of Software in the Public Interest in July 2002, and SPI became the legal owner of the project's Internet domains.
The IRC network itself runs the oftc-ircd software, which is a branch (patchset) of IRCD-Hybrid version 7. Notably, it supports SSL and IPv6 connections. The network also runs the Internet Relay Chat services NickServ and ChanServ, among others.
[edit] References
- ^ Advogato: Project info for OFTC. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.
- ^ The Liberation of Freenode, Part 3. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.
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