Libre Culture
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.
Check out this link for more.
Rules
I've looked into the ways other forums handle rules, and I've distilled their policies down into two simple ideas.
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Please show common courtesy: Let's make this community one that people want to be a part of.
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Please keep posts generally on topic
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No NSFW content
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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.
Related Communities
- Libre Culture Memes
- Open Source
- ActivityPub
- Linux
- BSD
- Free (libre) Software Replacements
- Libre Software
- Libre Hardware
Helpful Resources
- The Respects Your Freedom Certification
- Libre GNU/Linux Distros
- Wikimedia Foundation
- The Internet Archive
- Guide to DRM-Free Living
- LibreGameWiki
- switching.software
- How to report violations of the GNU licenses
- Creative Commons Licenses
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I'm conflicted here. I applaud him for standing up for his rights and donating the bulk of it to the FSF but the other part of me wonders why, when there are several laptops that ship with Linux these days, one would buy a laptop that comes with Windows and then spend the time and effort to get a refund for Windows. System76; Star Labs; Purism; Vikings; Retro Freedom; Pine64; Think Penguin; I could go on. The amount of options we have for laptops with Linux in mind are plentiful. It is much easier, and better for the Linux community to spend your money and be supporting those who support you out of the gate.
You can get Windows laptops anywhere. Linux laptops are very difficult to get in 3rd world countries. Due to issues with the value of USD compare to local currency and tax, in my case anyway.
Because user freedom. Also, very few laptops have the same build quality of some thinkpads.
Laptops from these providers you mention use to be more expensive than common laptops. I can get a cheap Lenovo Ideapad by 190 Euros in Auchan here in the Canary Islands in some cases.