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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What do you think about private property?
Do you think everyone should be forced into whatever your preferred property rights regime is ?
What do you think about a market economy ?
Do you think libre software licences should force individuals to keep derivatives open source or that they should be free to use it however they see fit including in proprietary software?
Do you believe that it’s ethical to force your ideals on society based on the premise that the outcome would be beneficial to all?
my main thoughts arent about changing the politics but rather trying to become less reliant on these power structures and encouraging others to do so. Although im not focused on politics ill try to answer your questions anyway
With this, do you mean regarding private control over the means of production? Im in favor of workplace democratization if a company gets big enough, how that would be decided or enforced is not something ive given much thoughts to.
if you mean private property as in like owning a house or property then i support that, but i heard communists/socialists also support that but calling it "personal property", is that right?
i mean, anything i believe should come from a governing authority is forceful by definition, I support a democratic process (not necessarily the current implementations of it) so itd have to come from the consent of the people governed.
I dont think open software should be mandatory, but I also think we can reach a point where all the software we need is FOSS with a mix of grassroot movement from the bottom and facilitation from the top. E.g. every government machine using linux, giving money to FOSS projects, public campaign to encourage it etc...
im not a politician so im focusing on the from the bottom part .
I mean, to some degree? It should be some agreement in the society but all societies are based on force, Im just trying to minimize it.
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so anyway, your questions are kind of to the side of what im focusing on but i tried my best to answer anyway lol
yeah so once you believe force at any kind is justified to force your ideals on society you're not a libertarian of any kind as for your op yes this is community is for the discussion of freeing oneself from any abuse no matter the source
im not sure how a society could be without force though, doesnt really make sense to me, hows your view of how politics should be?
The person you replied to's been on a very online streak the past couple days. Most of my post history was one long thread where they wouldn't listen, don't even try 💀. But I can say that if you want to live a lifestyle without needing big corps so much it's hard to do without friends who have the same ideas. I'd see if you can find a Food Not Bombs near you and start volunteering on the weekends. People are really nice there in my experience
individuals should be free to engage in any activity they see fit with the state's only legitimate role to protect the life, liberty and property of it's citizens, any force therefore that is not in retaliation to the use of force by another person no matter if the intention is to create a just society based on one's ideals is immoral
Are you by chance a fan of Atlas Shrugged? Your line of logic in this thread is in line with the ideas espoused in John Galt's radio broadcast.
No I am not
It is fairly long, but you might enjoy it! I certainly did.