> PIA or Lee or whoever directed a bunch of money to Freenode or people involved with freenode, isn't contested by anyone.
Because many of the things presented by Andrew Lee (rasengan) seem to be distortions and half-truths, the statement above deserves some scrutiny.
Andrew Lee claims to have donated an amount greater than 1 million (assuming US dollars) to Freenode.
As far as I can tell, this was not to Freenode the IRC network, it was for the FreeNode Live conferences. This conference took place in 2017 and 2018, and had approximately 250 attendees in 2017 and 150-200 attendees in 2018.
The relevant parts as far as I can tell:
• the exact amount donated (1 million) has only been mentioned by Andrew Lee, and has not been verified by anyone else
• the amount donated is only for the two FreeNode Live conferences
• the FreeNode Live conferences seemingly have nothing to do with the freenode IRC network
• none of the money was every given to the people who donate the servers that run the freenode IRC network, or the operators that volunteer their time to run it
A lot of people seems to conflate the two. Andrew Lee's comments seem to encourage that ambiguity (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27236734), presumably because it seems to legitimize his hostile takeover of freenode IRC.
His contribution to the Freenode Live conferences (whatever monetary amount that was) should not entitle him to freenode IRC, he has not given a penny towards that.
Because many of the things presented by Andrew Lee (rasengan) seem to be distortions and half-truths, the statement above deserves some scrutiny.
Andrew Lee claims to have donated an amount greater than 1 million (assuming US dollars) to Freenode.
As far as I can tell, this was not to Freenode the IRC network, it was for the FreeNode Live conferences. This conference took place in 2017 and 2018, and had approximately 250 attendees in 2017 and 150-200 attendees in 2018.
The relevant parts as far as I can tell:
• the exact amount donated (1 million) has only been mentioned by Andrew Lee, and has not been verified by anyone else
• the amount donated is only for the two FreeNode Live conferences
• the FreeNode Live conferences seemingly have nothing to do with the freenode IRC network
• none of the money was every given to the people who donate the servers that run the freenode IRC network, or the operators that volunteer their time to run it
A lot of people seems to conflate the two. Andrew Lee's comments seem to encourage that ambiguity (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27236734), presumably because it seems to legitimize his hostile takeover of freenode IRC.
His contribution to the Freenode Live conferences (whatever monetary amount that was) should not entitle him to freenode IRC, he has not given a penny towards that.