Re: hackint IRC channel for FSD

[Michael McMahon]

I do not see a reason for using two IRC networks.  FSF decided on 
Libera.Chat.  I did not use a web browser, Google, or JS to register my 
nick and use Libera.Chat.

Best,
Michael McMahon | Web Developer, Free Software Foundation
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https://fsf.org | https://gnu.org

On 6/27/21 8:05 PM, quiliro@riseup.net wrote:
> bill-auger <bill-auger@peers.community> writes:
>
> > i wont argue that - "requires" is not the appropriate word
> > though - using IRC does not "require" a web browser - per the
> > GNU/FSDG terminology, that example would be "recommending" or
> > "steering toward" non-free software
> >
> > anyways, you can easily check this yourself - neither appears to
> > have any captcha
> >
> > https://webchat.freenode.net/
> > https://web.libera.chat/
> As I recall, most of the time it did not ask for Google catcha.  But
> when I changed the browser in some way it required captcha to enter and
> by other unknow reasons on other occasions also.  It would be good to
> audit it profoundly.  Perhaps the situation has changed.