I explicitly stated that sharing files was part of communication, and perfectly acceptable. We help with DCC issues all the time.
People have a problem however when dealing with XDCC and people saying "I want to download movies", and some of those reasons are stated in the thread that says mIRC isn't a file trading program.
The matter is not up for (another) discussion and the reasons behind it are not 'bunk', as IRC being a chat protocol is not the sole reason, it is one of many.
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