@vfrmedia@falkreon I've done some work in my home country on getting public service broadcasting to use #FreeCode software and #CommonStandards, and getting publicly funded content shared under #CC licenses. Success here requires the decision-makers to hear it asked by people other than #FreeCulture geeks, so educating people who support public broadcasting about these issues, and why the commons paradigm makes sense here, is crucial.
#FreeCulture and #FreeSoftware advocacy often focuses on remixability and hackability. I think another aspect is important to talk about, due to its universal appeal: permanence.
The tools we develop, the websites we build, the music we share under free&open licenses -- _they will be with us_ as long as we care to maintain and share them.
Free culture, in that sense, is an incredible cooperative enterprise across all humanity. It is unlike nearly any other endeavor. It is a joyful thing! :)
The point is that we don't actually care about software.
The point is the source.
I want the source for my software, my firmware, my hardware, and even my wetware honestly. Of course free source for software is important, but it seems like the source itself is the thing that matters -- not the software.
And for cultural works that don't have abstract mechanial "source": #FreeCulture
Please somebody shoot me down, but this seems like it could actually solve our current mass identity crisis.
For people not already immersed in the subcultures of #FreeCulture or #FreeSoftware, the term #OpenWeb is not any more understandable than #IndyWeb or !Fediverse. But I agree that we should use a single term for consistency, so newcomers understand that all these things are part of the same movement, and #OpenWeb works for me.
There are other possible positive side effects of stepping down #CC licences like that. For example: When you first release your art as NC-ND you (hopefully) get a wave of interest from those who like the work and just want to listen to it and share it around... eventually that dies down. Then you change the licence to NC-SA. That generates a whole new wave of interest, this time from #FreeCulture remixers and their fans. Eventually, that peters out too, so then you go just SA... and get *another* bump from professional remixers and *their* fans. From the perspective of a pro content creator, that's almost like getting three releases out of a single work. *And* you get people interested in keeping tabs on you and what you're doing, so they can hear when your stuff gets a new, freer licence - it builds you a following naturally.
I'm Ana, web designer and roller derby player from #Mexico.
I was active in #Grassroots organization and the #FreeCulture and #FreeSoftware movements when I was a student and I'm hoping to get involved in projects related to these topics.