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Welcome to c/libre, a comm dedicated to libre software!

Here you'll find posts dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of free & libre software.

You are being watched. Private and state-sponsored organizations are monitoring and recording your online activities. 1

As leftists, we must be concerned by this and fight against it, particularly as we organise online. Libre software (also known as "free software") helps us in this fight.

Free software is software that gives you the user the freedom to share, study and modify it. We call this free software because the user is free. 2

What does this mean in practice? It means rather than using Discord, Whatsapp, or Windows (all examples of proprietary software), we should look to using Element, Signal, and Linux.

Rules

1. Posts should be about free and libre software. Discussion about proprietary software is allowed, but should focus on replacing it with libre software. Glorifying proprietary software will result in a ban.
2. Follow the sitewide rules. Goes without saying, but racism/transphobia/etc will catch you a ban from both this comm and the site.

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