Article note: Man, freenode has been a constant without too much drama for decades.
I haven't been real active in long enough that I have no idea what the situation is, but enough of the old guard leadership are bailing that it can't be good.
At least it's an open protocol and tooling so everyone can just move.
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
— Atticus Finch from Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”