According to some folks, Freenode's time is up. But is this yet another example of the FOSS community overreacting?

Resources for this story: [1] https://freenode.net/ [2] https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/19/freenode_staff_resigns/ [3] http://techrights.org/2021/05/19/freenode-and-cancel-culture/ [4] https://gist.github.com/realrasengan/88549ec34ee32d01629354e4075d2d48 [5] https://joseeantonior.wordpress.com/2021/05/19/freenode-changes-owners-jose-resigns-as-staff/ [6] https://web.archive.org/web/20210423231439/ [7] https://freenode.net/news/freenode-reorg

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