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{{short description|Internet Relay Chat (IRC) network}}

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{{Infobox IRC network

| name = Open and Free Technology Community

| image = [[ImageFile:OftcOFTC logo.pngsvg|frameless|220px]]

| founded_on = {{startStart date and age|2001}}

| located_in = {{Unbulleted list|[[Europe]]<br />|[[UnitedNorth StatesAmerica]]}}

| based_in =

| website_url = [http{{URL2|https://www.oftc.net/ www.oftc.net]}}

| primary_dns = [irc://irc.oftc.net irc.oftc.net]

| average_users = {{IRC NQNS link|OFTC|818,000100}}

| average_channelsusers_date = {{IRC NQNS linknowrap|OFTC|1,700June - 116,800 2021}}

| average_channels = {{IRC NQNS link|OFTC|3,600}}

| channels_date = {{nowrap|June 16, 2021}}

| average_servers = {{IRC NQNS link|OFTC|21}}

| main_content = Public/Unrestricted

}}

The '''Open and Free Technology Community''' ('''OFTC''') is an [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]] [[computer network|network]] that provides collaboration services to members of the [[free software community]] in any part of the world. OFTC is an associated project of [[Software in the Public Interest]], a non-profit organization which was founded to help organizations develop and distribute open hardware and software. TheirAs serversof areOctober all accessible from the [[Domain name system|___domain name]] [irc://irc.oftc.net irc.oftc.net].2019, OFTC currently has 3231 volunteer staff members, and 2116 sponsors.<ref>{{citeCite web|url=httphttps://www.oftc.net/oftc/staff |title=Staff |publisherwebsite=OFTC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014050831/https://www.oftc.net/staff/|archive-date= 2019-10-14|accessdateurl-status=dead|access-date=20102019-0510-2813}}</ref>

The '''Open and Free Technology Community''' ('''OFTC''') is an [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]] [[computer network|network]] that provides collaboration services to members of the [[free software community]] in any part of the world. OFTC is an associated project of [[Software in the Public Interest]], a non-profit organization which was founded to help organizations develop and distribute open hardware and software. Their servers are all accessible from the [[Domain name system|___domain name]] [irc://irc.oftc.net irc.oftc.net]. OFTC currently has 32 volunteer staff members, and 21 sponsors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oftc.net/oftc/staff |title=Staff |publisher=OFTC |date= |accessdate=2010-05-28}}</ref>

== History ==

OFTC was founded at the end of 2001 by a group of experienced members of the [[open source]] and [[free software]] communities aiming to provide these communities with better communication, development, and support infrastructure. 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]] (SPI) in July 2002, and SPI became the legal owner of the project's [[Internet ___domain|___domain names]].

The ability for all users to connect using [[Transport Layer Security]] was added in April 2016 with the use of [[Public key certificate|SSL certificates]] from the [[Let's Encrypt]] [[certificate authority]].<ref name="home">{{Cite web|url=https://www.oftc.net/|title=OFTC - Home|website=OFTC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013061513/https://www.oftc.net/|archive-date=2019-10-13|url-status=dead|access-date=2019-10-14}}</ref>

In 2016, OFTC was bridged to the [[Matrix (protocol)|Matrix]] instant messaging network.<ref>{{cite web |title=New IRC Integrations: OFTC and Snoonet |url=https://medium.com/@RiotChat/new-irc-integrations-oftc-and-snoonet-b88883a58303 |website=Medium |access-date=22 October 2020 |language=en |date=27 September 2016}}</ref>

== Projects ==

OFTC currently develops 3three projects for its purposes: "oftc-hybrid", (a fork of the Hybrid [[IRCd|IRC daemon]]),<ref>{{Citation|title=OFTC's branch of Hybrid IRCd|date=2019-05-11|url=https://github.com/oftc/oftc-hybrid|publisher=OFTC|access-date=2019-10-14}}</ref> "oftc-ircservices", (the IRC services suite),<ref>{{Citation|title=OFTC's IRC Services|date=2019-08-13|url=https://github.com/oftc/oftc-ircservices|publisher=OFTC|access-date=2019-10-14}}</ref> and "oftc-oftcdnsgeodns", (a [[Geolocation|GeoIP]] DNS responder to handle user distribution across the servers).<ref>{{Citation|title=OFTC operator and user tools|date=2019-10-14|url=https://github.com/oftc/oftc-tools|publisher=OFTC|access-date=2019-10-14}}</ref> OFTC uses [[TracGitHub]] for[[Repository its(version sourcecontrol)|repositories]] browsingto host its [[codebase]] and bug[[Bug tracking system|issue tracker]].<ref name="home" /> Prospective users of the software can find tarball releases at httphttps://www.oftc.net/releases/., Developersnamed contributingaccording to the code base should read and be familiar with [[SubversionSoftware (software)versioning|Subversionsemantic versioning]].

== References ==

{{reflistReflist}}

== Further reading ==

* {{cite web

| url = http://www.irc-junkie.org/2007-05-23/freenode-and-oftc-networks-start-cooperation/

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150905182217/http://www.irc-junkie.org/2007-05-23/freenode-and-oftc-networks-start-cooperation/

| archive-date = September 5, 2015

| url-status = dead

| title = Freenode and OFTC Networks Start Cooperation

| accessdateaccess-date = October 15, 2010

| date = May 23, 2007

| publisher = IRC-Junkie.org

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| url = http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060604

| title = Debian IRC Network moves to OFTC

| accessdateaccess-date = October 15, 2010

| date = June 4, 2006

| publisher = [[Debian]]

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== External links ==

* {{Official website}}

* [http://www.oftc.net/ OFTC Homepage]

* {{Openhub|id=oftc-hybrid|name=oftc-hybrid}}

* {{Advogato|OFTC|OFTC}}

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