LibrePlanet: About/Mission Statement

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LibrePlanet will work to provide the infrastructure, necessary tools and resources, to help free software enthusiasts organize into teams working together to advocate and contribute to free software.
 
LibrePlanet will work to provide the infrastructure, necessary tools and resources, to help free software enthusiasts organize into teams working together to advocate and contribute to free software.
 
== Recommended Methods ==
 
 
=== Emphasis ===
 
 
LibrePlanet groups are about raising the profile of freedom and ethical
 
concerns. They aren't primarily about promoting the technical advantages of
 
free software like GNU/Linux. To this end, they should refer to the operating system
 
as GNU/Linux (GNU plus Linux), not Linux. They are clear about the distinction between free
 
software and open source, and prefer the term free software.
 
 
LibrePlanet is a project intent on removing restrictive software laws and
 
practices, educating the public to the dangers of restrictive legislation by
 
providing a platform to act and defend their freedom, and giving them the
 
collective power to change their society through coordinated action.
 
 
=== Software advocacy ===
 
 
When it comes to advocacy through promoting software, groups should try to
 
promote operating system distributions that are on the list of
 
[http://www.gnu.org/links/links.html#FreeGNULinuxDistributions fully free distributions], and individual programs that are distributed under
 
[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html free software licenses].
 
 
=== Fundraising ===
 
 
Groups that want to help support the LibrePlanet network and the other work of
 
the FSF often encourage their members or attendees at their events to
 
[http://donate.fsf.org donate to the FSF]. They pass out FSF membership sign-up
 
cards and collect contributions which they then forward directly to the FSF.
 
 
Groups are of course also welcome to fundraise for themselves. They
 
should be clear about where the money is going. They should not give the
 
impression that money they are raising is going to the Free Software
 
Foundation, the GNU Project, or LibrePlanet unless that is actually the
 
case.
 
 
=== Advertising ===
 
 
Sites should not have advertising for proprietary software on their
 
pages. This means that having things like Google Ads will require
 
filters.
 
 
=== Resources ===
 
 
LibrePlanet will strive to provide all the necessary resources to create and
 
operate a group. Groups can certainly also develop and host their own
 
resources, but since our mission is to create a free world, they should not
 
depend on proprietary resources.
 
 
=== Organization ===
 
 
If you need to step down from a role you have in your group, especially
 
if you are the official group contact, please do so in a way that
 
minimizes impact on the group. We know that people want to sometimes
 
move on and do different things -- if you give us some notice that
 
you'll be leaving your role, we can help find a new contact for the
 
group.
 
  
 
== Specific resources ==
 
== Specific resources ==

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LibrePlanet Mission Statement

So that the name LibrePlanet is strongly associated with a clear goal, and so that individual groups can cooperate and collaborate effectively, all LibrePlanet participants and contributors must agree with this set of founding principles. To indicate your support for and agreement to this mission statement, add a line saying you agree to your user page.

Mission

The LibrePlanet project exists to build a global network of activists organized around furthering the ideals of software freedom and related issues concerning digital rights as necessary means for a free society.

LibrePlanet will work to provide the infrastructure, necessary tools and resources, to help free software enthusiasts organize into teams working together to advocate and contribute to free software.

Specific resources

General Code of Conduct

Example, Ubuntu's CoC:

https://edge.launchpad.net/codeofconduct/1.0.1

IRC

http://www.gnu.org/server/irc-rules.html

Mailing lists

Examples of mailing list codes of conduct?

I like the Fedora Mailing List Guidelines:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

Wiki

Examples of wiki codes of conduct?


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