Do you know any #arabic , #spanish or #mandarin #translator who might be interested in translating https://storyseedlibrary.org/ , a #solarpunk #art and #writing site with lots of #Copyleft materials?
Sadly, there's no funding for the project, only bringing more human-made, intentional, optimistic #climate #futurism materials to new audiences!
#followfriday #followfridays
IMO these should ALWAYS be included and followed:
@FediTips
@FediFollows
Physical creations:
@operationpuppet - #puppet #creator, #owncaster , #peertuber
@potterybyosa - #beautiful #pottery
Digital creations:
@operationpuppet - #developer, #artist, #copyLEFT #advocate
@_elena - #filmmaker, #blogger, #selfhoster
@monospace - #Owncaster, #DevOps #trainer
∃ some “double agents” inside $MSFT. (I wish I still had insider informants like the old days,but they've moved on.)
Microsoft was the instigator of the ongoing loosely coordinated cross-company campaign to denigrate copyleft.
Propaganda & indoctrination are real. Most pick “MIT's license” —seemingly “jus' cuz” — but really b/c they've worked in an entrenched anti-copyleft regime their whole career…& b/c their bosses must give special permission to ever use a #copyleft license.
Cc: @Jessica
Introducing the Progressive Creative Honour Licence: Maximum freedom with ethical guardrails. Use freely - unless you harm others. No attribution required, but human dignity is non-negotiable.
Progressive Creative Honour Licence
Radical freedom meets radical responsibility
Introducing the Progressive Creative Honour Licence: Maximum freedom with ethical guardrails. Use freely - unless you harm others. No attribution required, but human dignity is non-negotiable. #LicenseInnovation
• Main link:- https://bookstack.kupiapps.my/books/progressive-creative-honour-licence-the-most-left/page/pchl-tml-202507182123
• Backup link: https://paper.wf/progressive-creative-honour-licence-the-most-left/progressive-creative-honour-licence-the-most-left
With the help of the AIs, I pioneered this, which the AI itself called its "progressive" license, lol. What do you guys think? I should publish this license faster than spending time worrying about what others or I think.
I named it "Progressive Creative Honour Licence" because the license is evolving to adapt to the current circumstances, both online and offline, especially moral issues. I use the date and time as the version name.
Progressive Creative Honour Licence: The Most Left
Version: PCHL-TML-2025.07.18.21.23
You are free to:
No permission is required.
Honour Clause — You May NOT:
Use this work in any way that:
Revocation Clause
Violation of the Honour Clause immediately revokes this licence.
You must cease all use and distribution of the work.
Philosophy
This licence promotes radical creative freedom while defending human dignity.
It is rooted in progressive, anti-oppressive, leftist values.
Freedom of expression must never come at the cost of another’s safety or humanity.
Disclaimer
This work is provided “as is,” without warranties.
The original creator is not responsible for misuse or harm caused by others.
Licence Name: Progressive Creative Honour Licence: The Most Left
Version: PCHL-TML-2025.07.18.21.23
Inspired by: Creative Commons Zero (CC0 1.0)
The Case for Contextual Copyleft: Licensing Open Source Training Data and Generative AI
" The paper concludes that when implemented within a robust regulatory environment focused on responsible AI usage, the CCAI license provides a viable mechanism for preserving and adapting core FOSS principles to the evolving landscape of generative AI development."
It's not bitterness on your part,, @liw — it's having political memory.
Politicians (regular ones or unelected tech industry ones) *rely* on folks not seeing the long game that's afoot.
#Microsoft still has same goals re: #FOSS: end #copyleft in favor of exploitable non-copyleft — old-school embrace, extend, extinguish.
& now fanboys help them!: https://github.com/sirredbeard/microsoft-opensource … timeline starts in 2004 — ignoring early moves making seem like Microsoft just ignored FOSS until 2004.
Cc: @carnage4life
@carnage4life Good point & re: Brad Smith. His name is in the top five reasons why I stopped accepting "Brad" as my name circa 2001…I did not wanna share a name with the (then) General Counsel of $MSFT.
I think many don't realize that there is a *lawyer* (not a technologist) who has been President of Microsoft for years.
Brad Smith is also believed to be (we can't prove it — Microsoft state secrets) the mastermind behind the anti-#copyleft / anti-#GPL campaign of the early 2000s.
Cc: @liw
@phloggen suggested:
> Founding documents should automatically expire when there is no longer a ⅔ majority of…affected population who…voted to affirm it.
A fascinating suggestion. Now I'm trying to figure out if it's possible to apply this idea to #copyleft licenses like #GPL &/or copyleft-@next.
One difficulty in #FOSS governance accomplished through licensing is: many don't know they're governed by them &/or they benefit indirectly & silently from the rights therein.
Cc: @richardfontana
L'éditorial de linuxmao.org du mois de juillet 2025 est en ligne :
https://linuxmao.org/article471
#linuxmao #linuxaudio #mao #musiquelibre #art #artlibre #cc-by-sa #chanson #copyleft #creative-commons #culture-libre #gnu-linux #informatiquemusicale #logiciel libre #productionmusicale