Software freedom activist since 1992. Copyleft theorist & FOSS policy wonk. Expert in FOSS non-profit structures. Views expressed herein are mine & not necessarily those of any organization w/ which I'm affiliated. Fediverse “claim to fame”: Invented “Affero clause” of #Mastodon's license: https://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2007/11/21/stet-and-agplv3 1ˢᵗ #Linux: 0.99pl12 1ˢᵗ #Debian: 🧊🥔 Pronouns: he/them #copyleft, #ethics for #LLMGenAI, #FOSS, #OpenSource, #AGPLv3, #GPL, #LGPL 🏳️🌈
Bradley M. Kühn
@bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org
fedi.copyleft.org
😲 … 👀 at this essay from @jcolag@mastodon.social. John is doing something I really think that makes #FOSS great: exploring incomplete philosophical, political, and/or policy questions in public.
Strive to be comfortable with the stream of consciousness ramble and consider the ideas that John is exploring:
There are real insights about how errors in #SoftwareFreedom leadership left the #FreeCulture movement w/out its natural allies. Fascinating!
I look forward to next installment.
https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2026/07/12/free-culture-creators-1.html
John Colagioia
@jcolag@mastodon.social
Hi, I'm John, and I work on things. I pre-schedule daily posts, but generally check in regularly to reply to people and occasionally post something else. (#fedi22 for discoverability)
mastodon.social
On my blog: Free Culture, Creator Obstacles https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2026/07/12/free-culture-creators-1.html
Finally explaining Free Culture from the ground up, this time what prevents creators from getting this right
#education #freeCulture
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