Libre Culture

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What is libre culture?

Libre culture is all about empowering people. While the general philosophy stems greatly from the free software movement, libre culture is much broader and encompasses other aspects of culture such as music, movies, food, technology, etc.

Some beliefs include but aren't limited to:

That copyright should expire after a certain period of time.
That knowledge should be available to people, not locked away.
That no entity should have unjust control or possession of others.
That mass surveillance is about mass control, not justice.
That we can all band together to help liberate each other.

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Rules

I've looked into the ways other forums handle rules, and I've distilled their policies down into two simple ideas.

Please show common courtesy: Let's make this community one that people want to be a part of.
Please keep posts generally on topic
No NSFW content
When sharing a Libre project, please include the name of its license in the title. For example: “Project name and summary (GPL-3.0)”

Libre culture is a very very broad topic, and while it's perfectly okay for a conversation to stray, I do ask that we keep things generally on topic.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I mean, speaking as a member of said community, Free Software is punk. I don't want a fashionable representative who only says things that everyone agrees with.

Sure, I don't need my Free Software representative to philosophize about the age of consent, but as long as he's not telling people to rape others, I do not have a problem with that, and again, would rather have him speak his mind than not say anything that's pushing the boundaries.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago (1 children)

This punk supporting gender equality and anti-sexism?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

I don't think he is anti equality or sexist, his actions only reflect poor social skills. His take on pronouns for example just seems like he was being overly pedantic about language again (GNU/Linux anyone?). And the reports about him annoying women sound like he just lacks awareness about how he is perceived.

So yeah, this punk supporting gender equality and anti-sexism. The punk that, last time I checked, didn't have problems with people expressing themselves in idiosyncratic ways.