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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 />|[[North America]]}}

| 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|8,000}}

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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. TheirThe network's servers are all accessible from thevia [[DomainRound-robin nameDNS]] system|___domainfrom namethe [[URL]] [irc://irc.oftc.net irc.oftc.net]. OFTCAs currentlyof October 2019, OFTC has 3231 volunteer staff members, and 2116 sponsors.<ref>{{citeCite web|url=https://www.oftc.net/staff |title=Staff |publisherwebsite=OFTC[[Open and Free Technology Community|OFTC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126000226if_/https://www.oftc.net/staff/|archive-date= 2019-01-26|accessdateurl-status=live|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=https://www.oftc.net/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=[[Open and Free Technology Community|OFTC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927213402if_/https://www.oftc.net/|archive-date=2019-09-27|url-status=live|access-date=2019-10-14}}</ref>

== Projects ==

OFTC currently develops 3 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=[[Open and Free Technology Community|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=[[Open and Free Technology Community|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=[[Open and Free Technology Community|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/, named according to [[Software versioning|semantic versioning]]. Developers contributing to the code base should read and be familiar with [[Subversion (software)|Subversion]].

== References ==

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== Further reading ==

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== External links ==

* {{Official website}}

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

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

* {{Advogato|OFTC|OFTC}}

{{IRC networks}}

{{Software in the Public Interest}}

[[Category:Internet Relay Chat networks]]