Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

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Out In The Open: The Crusade To Bring More Women To Open Source

Klint Finley | Wired | July 7, 2014

Recent reports from Facebook and Google confirmed what we’ve known all along: the giants of tech have a diversity problem. But in the world of open source, the problem is even worse...

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The Darknet Project: Netroots Activists Dream of Global Mesh Network

Ryan Paul | Ars Technica | November 7, 2011

A group of Internet activists gathered last week in an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel to begin planning an ambitious project—they hope to overcome electronic surveillance and censorship by creating a whole new Internet. The group, which coordinates its efforts through the Reddit social networking site, calls its endeavor The Darknet Project (TDP). Read More »