[lsb-discuss] update: IRC

[Steve McIntyre]

On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 11:57:50PM -0500, Jeff Licquia wrote:
>On 12/07/2011 02:37 PM, Wichmann, Mats D wrote:
>> P.S.:  Privacy Policy.  We should discuss this... LF channels were
>> logged, on the theory that there could be some useful FAQ there
>> that could be pulled into more accessible documentation.  I don't
>> know if that fact was widely known, although it also wasn't hidden.
>> 
>> freenode has this to say:
>> 
>> - By connecting to freenode you indicate that you have read
>> - and agree to adhere to our policies and procedures as per
>> - the website (http://freenode.net).  We would like to remind
>> - you that unauthorized public logging of channels on the
>> - network is prohibited. Public channel logging should only
>> - take place where the channel owner(s) has requested this
>> - and users of the channel are all made aware (if you are
>> - publicly logging your channel, you may wish to keep a
>> - notice in topic and perhaps as a on-join message)
>> 
>> thoughts?
>
>If we made this permanent, presumably we'd make it "formal", in which
>case we could request permission for logging and set a topic notice.

It's also not uncommon for projects to use CNAMEs for irc
networks, if you'd find that useful:

$ host irc.debian.org
irc.debian.org is an alias for irc.geo.oftc.net.
...

$ host irc.ubuntu.com
irc.ubuntu.com is an alias for chat.freenode.net.
...

Cheers,
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Steve McIntyre                                steve.mcintyre at linaro.org
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