[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo and use of freenode for IRC

[Arnulf Christl]

On Tue, August 19, 2008 17:12, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
> On 18-Aug-08, at 9:55 PM, Dave Patton wrote:
>
>
>> Has the OSGeo foundation, or any of the OSGeo projects,
>> done the Group Registration with freenode?
>> http://freenode.net/group_registration.shtml
>>
>
> Yes, I did this a long time ago.  Our main channel #osgeo and any
> other channels starting with #osgeo- are registered to our group.  We also
> have the option to use an OSGeo "cloak".  If you are a regular user and
> want to hide your hostname and show the special "osgeo/ member" tag
> instead, then let me know your nick and I'll request your cloak to be
> created.
>
> Tyler

I should read answers to mails prior to answering myself. Do you think it
makes any considerable difference whether a channel is registered? Should
we try to register them all of can we sub-register as an OSGeo project?

Best regards,
Arnulf