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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 requirement (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by hammsvietro@lemmy.ml to c/libre_culture@lemmy.ml

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Is leaving the email as a required field for registration against FOSS philosophy by any means? even if it won't be used for anything other than user verification/notifications if agreed by the user?

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[–] xarvos@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 years ago (3 children)

No. You're probably confusing FOSS and privacy.

[–] hammsvietro@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

yeah, that makes sense, could be

[–] rysiek@szmer.info 6 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Let me add to this: I'd say if the requirement is to have an account with a proprietary walled garden like Facebook or Twitter, then yes it would be against of FOSS philosophy (separately of privacy concerns).

The difference being: e-mail is a pretty standard service, there are plenty of providers (from Big Tech to the Tutanotas of this world), and you can even run your own e-mail server if you want (I happen to do just that). So, you are not forced to use a particular proprietary platform.

[–] hammsvietro@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

that's a fair point. Just what I was wondering, thanks!