Robert Levin, also known as lilo, was the founder of the freenode IRC network and Executive Director of the PDPC charity that helped fund freenode. A computer programmer since 1968, he worked as an administrator and an applications programmer from 1978 onwards. From 1994 onwards, he worked to encourage the use of Internet Relay Chat for Free and Open Source projects. He was one of the founders of the OpenProjects Network (OPN), … Wikipedia
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