Open and Free Technology Community

Open and Free Technology Community
Founded:	2001
Geographic Location(s):	Asia Australia Europe United States
Based in:
Executive Board:	weasel, NOC Chair cdlu, Ombudsman migus, Advisor weasel, Routing Ganneff, Routing
Website URL:	www.oftc.net
Primary DNS:	irc.oftc.net
Average Users:	4,500 - 5,000
Average Channels:	1100 - 1200
Average Servers:	22
Content/Subject:	Public/Unrestricted

The Open and Free Technology Community (OFTC) is an IRC network which is particularly popular with the free software community.

The OFTC was founded in late 2001^[1], by and large by people who were previously working on freenode.^[2] OFTC is ruled by a written constitution and the staff elect the officers among each other using a voting mechanism. OFTC became a member project of Software in the Public Interest in July 2002, and SPI became the legal owner of the project's Internet domains.

The IRC network itself runs the oftc-ircd software, which is a branch (patchset) of IRCD-Hybrid version 7. Notably, it supports SSL and IPv6 connections. The network also runs the Internet Relay Chat services NickServ and ChanServ, among others.

[edit] References

1. ^ "Advogato: Project info for OFTC". Retrieved on 2007-10-03.
2. ^ "The Liberation of Freenode, Part 3". Retrieved on 2007-10-03.

[edit] External links

• Debian -- News -- Debian IRC Network moves to OFTC