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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:
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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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One of the many interesting aspects of the new wave of artificial intelligence systems is that with them, copyright has moved from the fringe to center stage. There are continuing debates about wha…
Shady actors are using fake copyright complaints to vanish negative press from the internet. The law is helping them do it.
Rockstar Games and its parent company, Take-Two Interactive, have been telling us who they are for years. And who they are, for our purposes, amounts to a game developer that both absolutely hates …
Two appeals courts have recently rejected efforts by private parties to use copyright to restrict access to the laws that most directly affect ordinary citizens: regulations that ensure our homes, workplaces, devices, and many other products, are safe and fit for purpose. Apparently hoping the...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) just made a move that will protect bad patents at the expense of everyone else. In a memo released February 28, the USPTO further restricted access to inter partes review, or IPR—the process Congress created to let the public challenge invalid patents...
Archive.is and .today alternatives?
Hi, I am trying to access an NYT article from 2013 but for some reason it's unavailable on archive snapshot pages.
Are there any reliable alternatives I can check out or if anyone knows a different way to access this article could you please let me know: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/health/experts-scramble-to-trace-the-emergence-of-mers.html
Thanks!
One of the darker threads of Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) is how complex copyright enforcement systems can be abused, for example by sending Digital Millennium Cop…
If you’ve got lawyers and a copyright, the law gives you tremendous power to silence speech you don’t like. Copyright’s statutory damages can be as high as $150,000 per work infringed, even if no actual harm is done. This makes it far too dangerous to rely on the limitations and exceptions to fair.....
MeroChat is a open source website that helps you to find people to chat with (AGPL 3)
Chat to new people who also just want to chat. MeroChat is a text based chat site for having actual conversations
I had seen this story before Christmas making the rounds on Bluesky, claiming that United Healthcare had sent DMCA takedowns to Teepublic to remove artist Rachel Kenaston’s illustration of Luigi Ma…
Free Culture and A Sense of Community
Hey everyone,
I recently wrote a mobile-friendly GNU/Linux app called Weights and Measures. It takes a number, and converts it into different units of measurement. I know, it's not the most advanced thing in the world, but I believe it's handy enough that more people than myself could use such an app. Personally, I use it to convert my weight from lbs to kilograms.
The thing is, I know that I should publish it, but I feel very demotivated from doing so. Publishing requires effort, so it typically requires a specific motivator. For myself, I used to have much a much stronger stance when it came to free/libre software.
Lately however, I feel very disconnected from any sense of community. I don't really feel like we are much of a community in the first place. I don't know a single person in my real life who cares about libre software outside of myself, and online, I feel somewhat jaded, as those who care about libre software seem to be more about worshipping the fungus of Richard Sta
Using copyleft without heavily restricting what platforms to share on
Is there a way to release a work under a copyleft license without preventing other people from sharing a copy of it on YouTube (only allows selecting standard YouTube license or permissive Creative Commons license) and similar platforms?
What are the best open file formats?
As far as I know, open file formats have become the standard for basically all industries and types of files. However, some of them, like the Microsoft Office Formats, are still proprietary. I have seen Open Office documents and Ogg being recommended for Office documents and audio files, respectively, but I'm somewhat confused about other types of formats like video.
do you use gemini(protocol not the AI)?
Hello,
I started using gemini almost a year ago when I had recently learned about it. after some time using it I got busy with my life and forget that this awersome protocol exists.
today I was hanging out in IRC and found #gemini . It made me check it out after this much time and it surprised me that gemini is still active. however when I searched for stuff using gemini search engine I found a ton of dead links on the first page. it was disappointing. bbs.geminispace.org is still alive and the last post was 7hours ago. there is also a youtuber name zaney who attempted to port entire gentoo wiki to gemtext, but it seems like he lost interest in doing so.
what are some cool gemini capsule which are still active and you use it?
Help, I'm thinking of joining this video game development club, but they release source code without including a license 🤮
Collection of repositories from ASU's Video Game Development Club - Video Game Development Club @ ASU