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= LibrePlanet Mission Statement =
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= 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.
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The mission of LibrePlanet is to empower a global network of both local and project-based teams, all working together to advance free software as a social movement for user freedom.  
  
== Mission ==
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== Motivation ==
  
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.  
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Free software is paramount for a free society. As computers play increasingly integral roles in more and more aspects of our lives, the role of software freedom in guaranteeing our general freedom grows in parallel. The software which runs on our computers defines how we experience and interact with the world, so we must ensure that we have the freedom and control to determine how we connect and communicate with each another. Otherwise, we make our autonomy contingent on the people and corporations who own software.  
  
LibrePlanet will work to provide the infrastructure, necessary tools and resources, to help free software enthusiasts organize groups working together to advocate and contribute to free software.
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Through a philosophy advocating [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html four essential freedoms], the free software movement has become one of the most successful social movements in recent history. In addition to being a movement of its own, free software provides tools and platforms which enable other movements to work effectively for social good. LibrePlanet promotes free software as a critical building block for an overall free society.
  
== Recommended Methods ==
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== Goals ==
  
=== Emphasis ===
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=== Unite ===
  
LibrePlanet groups are about raising the profile of freedom and ethical
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Bridge connections between activists, users, and contributors in the free software community.  
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
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=== Advocate ===
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 ===
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Promote free software ideals through education, campaigns, and events.
  
When it comes to advocacy through promoting software, groups should try to
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=== Advance ===
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 ===
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Build and contribute to free software code, documentation, and design.
  
Groups that want to help support the LibrePlanet network and the other work of
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=== Encourage ===
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
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Welcome all interested people to free software, and help motivate and increase their involvement.
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 ===
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=== Assist ===
  
Sites should not have advertising for proprietary software on their
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Provide support and guidance for people using and contributing to free software.  
pages. This means that having things like Google Ads will require
 
filters.
 
  
=== Resources ===
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=== Focus ===
  
LibrePlanet will strive to provide all the necessary resources to create and
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Keep focus on free software as an ethical social movement, more than just a way of producing software.
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 ===
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== What we do ==
  
If you need to step down from a role you have in your group, especially
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Our primary activity is organizing and operating local teams. These teams are organized by geographical region and open to anyone who would like to get involved. While our main focus is on these local groups, LibrePlanet is also an organizing space for everyone in the free software community to collaborate around global projects and issues. LibrePlanet will work to provide the necessary infrastructure, tools, and resources to help free software proponents amplify their advocacy.
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 ==
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= History =
  
=== General Code of Conduct ===
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This project began during the 2006 FSF Associate Member Meeting to help organize ways to bring free software as a movement "into the mainstream." We started by organizing the FSF members at the 2006 meeting into groups based on geography. They then brainstormed ideas for how to organize people around issues central to the free software movement, and posted those ideas on a wiki page titled after their region. You can read those ideas on the pages linked to from the [[2006 Member Meeting]] page.
 
 
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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Please add your views at the bottom of the page and
 
 
 
== Make a difference ==
 

Latest revision as of 15:37, 16 May 2022

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So that the name 'LibrePlanet' is strongly associated with a clear goal, and so individual groups can cooperate and collaborate effectively, all LibrePlanet participants agree with this set of founding principles:

Mission Statement
Code of Conduct

Add this box to your profile page to indicate you support these documents and agree to work in accordance with LibrePlanet's Mission Statement and Code of Conduct.

Simply add the following line to your user page:

{{Founding Documents}}

Mission Statement

The mission of LibrePlanet is to empower a global network of both local and project-based teams, all working together to advance free software as a social movement for user freedom.

Motivation

Free software is paramount for a free society. As computers play increasingly integral roles in more and more aspects of our lives, the role of software freedom in guaranteeing our general freedom grows in parallel. The software which runs on our computers defines how we experience and interact with the world, so we must ensure that we have the freedom and control to determine how we connect and communicate with each another. Otherwise, we make our autonomy contingent on the people and corporations who own software.

Through a philosophy advocating four essential freedoms, the free software movement has become one of the most successful social movements in recent history. In addition to being a movement of its own, free software provides tools and platforms which enable other movements to work effectively for social good. LibrePlanet promotes free software as a critical building block for an overall free society.

Goals

Unite

Bridge connections between activists, users, and contributors in the free software community.

Advocate

Promote free software ideals through education, campaigns, and events.

Advance

Build and contribute to free software code, documentation, and design.

Encourage

Welcome all interested people to free software, and help motivate and increase their involvement.

Assist

Provide support and guidance for people using and contributing to free software.

Focus

Keep focus on free software as an ethical social movement, more than just a way of producing software.

What we do

Our primary activity is organizing and operating local teams. These teams are organized by geographical region and open to anyone who would like to get involved. While our main focus is on these local groups, LibrePlanet is also an organizing space for everyone in the free software community to collaborate around global projects and issues. LibrePlanet will work to provide the necessary infrastructure, tools, and resources to help free software proponents amplify their advocacy.

History

This project began during the 2006 FSF Associate Member Meeting to help organize ways to bring free software as a movement "into the mainstream." We started by organizing the FSF members at the 2006 meeting into groups based on geography. They then brainstormed ideas for how to organize people around issues central to the free software movement, and posted those ideas on a wiki page titled after their region. You can read those ideas on the pages linked to from the 2006 Member Meeting page.