Re: hackint IRC channel for FSD

[quiliro]

David Hedlund <public@beloved.name> writes:

> On 2021-06-28 04:47, David Hedlund wrote:
>> On 2021-06-28 02:05, 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.
>>>
>> If you cannot trigger Google reCAPTCHA and give us the precise steps how
>> you triggered it, then I think we're safe.
>>
>>
>>
> If we encounter any nonfree JS issue (either for registration or for
> webchat), I'll write a note in
> https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Template:IRC_text an IRC client must be
> used in order to avoid it
>
> For status of web-based IRC clients and the native IRC client for
> Firefox, see
> https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Free_Software_Directory:Free_software_evaluation#IRC_clients

Nice!