From 360a5af90d960335fa231dc38e9fa33648cb4f12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shivaram Lingamneni <slingamn@cs.stanford.edu>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 21:52:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix #950

---
 irc/channel.go | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/irc/channel.go b/irc/channel.go
index f0ff6cef..0fb3f8b6 100644
--- a/irc/channel.go
+++ b/irc/channel.go
@@ -541,10 +541,16 @@ func (channel *Channel) ClientPrefixes(client *Client, isMultiPrefix bool) strin
 
 func (channel *Channel) ClientHasPrivsOver(client *Client, target *Client) bool {
 	channel.stateMutex.RLock()
+	founder := channel.registeredFounder
 	clientModes := channel.members[client]
 	targetModes := channel.members[target]
 	channel.stateMutex.RUnlock()
 
+	if founder != "" && founder == client.Account() {
+		// #950: founder can kick or whatever without actually having the +q mode
+		return true
+	}
+
 	return channelUserModeHasPrivsOver(clientModes.HighestChannelUserMode(), targetModes.HighestChannelUserMode())
 }