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| company_type = ] | | |||
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| foundation = ] (2002) | | |||
| location = Houston, Texas| | |||
| key_people = David Levin, President<br />Chris Mills, Treasurer<br />Christel Dahlskjaer, Secretary<br />Phil Stracchino, Board member<br />formerly ], Founder, late President and Executive Director and ], Secretary | | |||
| num_employees = 0 | | |||
| industry = Internet Services| | |||
| products = ] | | |||
| revenue = under $25000 USD (2005) | | |||
| operating_profit = | | |||
| homepage = <!-- replaced pdpc.us with this --> | |||
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| The '''PDPC''' is the organisation which runs the ] ] network, where many prominent open source projects operate an IRC chat service, including ], ] and unofficially ]. | |||
| The PDPC is incorporated in the state of ], ]; and is an IRS 501(c)(3) ] and ] organization. | |||
| == Goals == | |||
| The PDPC website describes the organisation as follows: | |||
| :''Peer-Directed Projects Center, an IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation, was created to run the freenode network and to establish a variety of programs relating to peer-directed project communities. Contributions to PDPC provide resources to help us establish those programs.'' | |||
| According to its charter, the PDPC exists "to help peer-directed project communities flourish", mostly based around ] projects, and encouraging the use of free software through supporting its development. Many open source development groups including the ]<ref>, ], ], ]</ref> use the freenode network for communication. | |||
| == History == | |||
| The PDPC was founded and initially directed by the late<ref>, freenode.net, ], ]</ref> | |||
| ] (] '''lilo''') until he was hit by a car while cycling on ] 2006 and died on ] 2006. In early November the board went through a reshuffle and new members were brought in. Seth Schoen left and Christel Dahlskjaer, senior freenode staffer became the secretary and head of staff on freenode in his place. Also joining the board was David Levin, Rob's brother.<ref></ref> | |||
| == References == | |||
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| == See also== | |||
| *] | |||
| == External link == | |||
| {{wikinews|PDPC President Rob Levin has died}} | |||
| * | |||
| ] | |||
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