This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Demi (talk | contribs) at 03:47, 1 September 2006 (Removed criticism section--little of it can be substantiated in any meaningful way... see talk page). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 03:47, 1 September 2006 by Demi (talk | contribs) (Removed criticism section--little of it can be substantiated in any meaningful way... see talk page)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)| Company type | Nonprofit |
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| Industry | Internet Services |
| Founded | Houston, Texas (2002) |
| Headquarters | Houston, Texas, USA |
| Key people | Rob Levin, Founder, President, Executive Director Christopher Mills, Treasurer Seth Schoen, Secretary Phil Stracchino, Board member |
| Products | Freenode |
| Revenue | under $25000 USD (2005) |
| Number of employees | 1 (Rob Levin) (2006) |
| Website | pdpc.us |
The PDPC is an organisation directed and operated by Rob Levin (a.k.a. lilo) which runs the Freenode IRC network.
The PDPC is incorporated in the state of Texas, USA; and is an IRS 501(c)(3) charitable and educational organization.
Goals
The PDPC website describes themselves 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 their charter, the PDPC exists "to help peer-directed project communities flourish", mostly based around free and open source software projects, and encouraging the use of free software through supporting it's development. Many open source development groups including the GNU Project use the Freenode network for communication.