[Asterisk-Dev] [OT] #asterisk on irc.freenode.net

[timecop at pbx.mine.nu]

what the heck is going on?

515 #asterisk  You need to be identified to join that channel

why should an asterisk user be bothered by such crap as signing up
with some (huh?) irc server just to talk to other asterisk users?

Whoever set this, please remove this nonsense. I used to idle in the
channel for months, and this has never been a problem.

 - concerned #asterisk idler