It seems that Freenode's policy regarding projects that they host is that THEY control who you identify as members of your project. Also if you ask them to cloak someone they don't want to cloak, you will be silenced, as seen below. Incidentally "kloeri" is a volunteer for the Exherbo project referenced below. Note the timestamps, and the delay before I was pointlessly silenced.
==> FreeNode-#freenode.log <== Jun 25 03:29:47 <trelane> jayne, a decision about _MY_ namespace? Jun 25 03:30:23 <trelane> bazhang, I haven't seen that it's in-evidence that this user has any bans placed against him Jun 25 03:30:24 <tsimpson> trelane: a cloak decision has nothing to do with your namespace Jun 25 03:30:33 <kloeri> trelane: stop being so dramatic - it's about whether we're going to cloak that user or not, not about your namespace Jun 25 03:30:35 <trelane> tsimpson, this is a funtoo/ cloak, not an unaffiliated cloak Jun 25 03:30:43 <tsimpson> trelane: it's still a cloak Jun 25 03:31:00 <trelane> tsimpson, which takes 10-15 seconds to set? Jun 25 03:31:18 <trelane> I don't see any sort of justification for a claim that it requires a massive amount of volunteer resources, however I will grant that staff's time is volunteered Jun 25 03:32:22 <HeisSpiter> The discussion has produced any progress since it's been started... 30 minutes ago Jun 25 03:32:23 * BTouch has quit (Quit: i'm) Jun 25 03:32:29 <tsimpson> it's a staff decision if a cloak should be set at all, regardless of what type of cloak Jun 25 03:32:31 <HeisSpiter> You should consider giving up for the moment trelane Jun 25 03:32:39 <HeisSpiter> Untill they give their decision Jun 25 03:32:48 <HeisSpiter> You can't do anything without their approval, so... Jun 25 03:33:17 <Prodego> I'm sure there is a good reason trelane Jun 25 03:35:24 <trelane> Prodego, a good reason is insufficient in this case as what's been said here is that freenode reserves the right to meddle in my project, this is somewhat concerning, and clarification of such a statement should be immediately forthcoming Jun 25 03:36:01 <HeisSpiter> ~ Jun 25 03:36:01 <Prodego> I'd suggest using your own irc network if you want complete control over network functions like userhosts Jun 25 03:36:19 <sauvin> trelane, all freenode cloaks are subject to freenode staffers' discretion. Get over it. Jun 25 03:36:36 <kloeri> trelane: please drop it Jun 25 03:36:51 <trelane> sauvin, my problem is that I have _NEVER_ seen that documented anywhere Jun 25 03:36:55 <Saul_Goodman> I'd wonder how canonical would feel if staffers had issues with some of their members and would not cloak them Jun 25 03:36:56 <Prodego> kloeri: that was sort of my fault, apologies Jun 25 03:36:59 <trelane> as requested I will be dropping this and addressing it with tomaw tomorrow Jun 25 03:37:20 <trelane> Saul_Goodman, considering the "issues" between exherbo and Gentoo staffers, and the number of exherbo users on staff... Jun 25 03:37:22 <jayne> Saul_Goodman: it's happened, and they were quite accomodating Jun 25 03:37:26 <trelane> I'd think Gentoo Foundation would have more concerns Jun 25 03:39:24 * kloeri sets mode +q #freenode trelan...@* _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/