# Freenode ## Identification A historically important IRC network for open-source communities. Its 2021 governance rupture provides possible period context but no direct event is described. ## Notebook evidence - [[Scanned_20260730-1946|Scanned_20260730-1946]], PDF page 5. ## Relationships and evidentiary boundary [[Software Supply-Chain Provenance]] · [[Tukaani Project]] · [[OWASP]]. The tool or name is preserved as research context. Written proximity does not by itself prove installation, execution, authorization, compromise, ownership, or coordination; dual-use tools require lawful, scoped testing and reproducible evidence.