How about this?
Sorry, I'll show myself out...
this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2021
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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.
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.
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- Libre Culture Memes
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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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Libre cultue actually doesn't have much to do with being free as in cost. It's main concern is free as in freedom.
I know this comment was a joke, but I wanted to clarify this for people who don't know.
To explain further: A common slogan in the free software movement was "free as in free speech, not free beer." I think the term "libre" originated from the experiences they had trying to communicate the concept using such an overloaded word.
Yeah, kind of, it's because Spanish differentiates between "gratis" (free as in beer) of "libre" (free as in freedom).
Fun fact: AFAIK most other languages have a distinction between free as in freedom and free as in beer.
A more serious proposal, for some artistic person to bring to life perhaps: A common symbol for liberation is the clenched fist. If that could be made more tech-y somehow, it might be pretty representative I think.
I had considered a clenched fist symbol, but it felt too general for this community specifically. If someone can put a techy spin on it, that'd be awesome!
Although, this com,unity isn't just about technology. If a lot of people here are okay with a generic clenched fist symbol, than I'd be happy to use that too!
Yeah I think the tech-y aspect should be understood as more of an homage to the historical origins of the movement.
Another option could perhaps be to tweak the Creative Commons logo, which is perhaps the most well-known and recognizable symbol in the libre movement. For example, if "CC was instead made into an infinity symbol it would still be fairly recognizable but also more general.
If this might come to reality, I think a good idea would be something like a broken fence. From what my teachers taught me libre culture is a political movement which opposes to enclosure, and enclosures began first as a way to take away the common goods of the working class, and then it started to spread across every possible commodity, the difference here is that the good being liberated are generally software.
I'm oversimplifying things but I think y'all get the idea.
Maybe the copyleft icon? 
Nice one. I also just suggested in another comment to try to remix the Creative Commons symbol, which looks similar.
There's also the share-alike symbol:
oooo I like this one
Thanks! Right now the two most likely candidates is this or the clenched fist icon.
I would strongly advice against using a clenched fist. It can be associated with violence.
Do not use any symbols that could easily be misinterpreted.
A copyright symbol with wings? A speechbubble with wings?
I tried something (a wing to represent freedom)
