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.
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.
Community icon is from Wikimedia Commons and is public domain.
Hmm, well I agree that a non-profit would have been the better move, but ultimately the trademarks and domain doesn't mean that much. The code is open and it can be forked and renamed.
What really matters are the main contributors (See OpenOffice -> Libreoffice move) and I am not sure what their stance on it is. But I suspect they might have been the driving force for creating the for-profit company?
Yeah that might be a next step, though a fork needs dedicated people who want to commit to it. There's a risk, and the split that happens in the early stages in the community is not nice either. Btw, there's an interesting HN discussion going on about the letter: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33372471
What I mean is: if the core contributors are not behind the fork, it is pretty pointless to fork. Gitea is already a Gogs fork, where the more active contributors felt like the original creator was holding the project back.
There are a couple of maintainers who signed the open letter, and also Otto Richter of Codeberg. When Gogs was forked, I believe initially the number of people involved in the fork was also very small. But I am fully behind an attempt to try to solve the issues without the need for a fork, and having a Gitea project that can be healthier than before. There is this opportunity for that, as now there's a much more inclusive open discussion on community issues and project strategy / direction.
Well, in the end: it became a (soft) fork. In the FAQ, an answer is that Forgejo being similar to LineageOS and Android's connection towards each other. Or how QT Company & KDE Free QT Foundaion are releated to one another.
For now, looks like Codeberg will be replacing Gitea with Forgejo codeberg/gitea from v1.18
Yes indeed. I am involved in the project and planned launch is mid December. Anyone interested can learn more in the Matrix chatroom.
