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# LibreGaming community - Introduction
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**[Meeting #1 minutes](https://md.roflcopter.fr/libregaming-1)**
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We are a community dedicated to playing and developing libre games, that is videogames and board games with free/libre software and algorithms, and free/libre artistic assets (models, musics). We believe [software] and [culture] should be free as part of a global struggle for freedom and equality online and offline. We aim to become a meta-community that can bring closer smaller communities. We don't want to become a big central organization, but rather a network of organic initiatives scattered throughout cyberspace.
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We are a community dedicated to playing and developing libre games, that is videogames and board games with free/libre software and algorithms, and free/libre artistic assets (models, musics). We believe [software](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/shouldbefree.html) and [culture](https://artlibre.org/faq_eng/) should be free as part of a global struggle for freedom and equality online and offline. We aim to become a meta-community that can bring closer smaller communities. We don't want to become a big central organization, but rather a network of organic initiatives scattered throughout cyberspace.
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For example, we'd like to bring players alongside game developers and designers, as well as contributors to libre games launchers like [Athenaeum] and [GameHub]. We believe this approach can enrich and empower the entire libre gaming ecosystem.
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For example, we'd like to bring players alongside game developers and designers, as well as contributors to libre games launchers like [Athenaeum](https://gitlab.com/librebob/athenaeum) and [GameHub](https://github.com/tkashkin/GameHub). We believe this approach can enrich and empower the entire libre gaming ecosystem.
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We are just getting started. Feel free to contribute new ideas and feedback by [contacting us]. Check out [the preliminary notes] to our first meeting, as well as the [first] and [second] meeting's minutes.
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We are just getting started. Feel free to contribute new ideas and feedback by [contacting us](#contact). Check out [the preliminary notes](https://hribhrib.at:5443/upload/5035aee454f8553c88bd1f7623218485341099ed/dZSQFC3lP1lMmTQFyfLKQFBBDIC4tOrQ41Js4nzn/firstthoughts.txt) to our first meeting, as well as the [first meeting's minutes](https://md.roflcopter.fr/libregaming-1). Below, you will find the table of content to navigate this document:
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[ToC]
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[software]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/shouldbefree.html
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[culture]: https://artlibre.org/faq_eng/
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[Athenaeum]: https://gitlab.com/librebob/athenaeum
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[GameHub]: https://github.com/tkashkin/GameHub
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[contacting us]: https://git.libregaming.org/LibreGaming/libregaming-website/src/branch/master/chat-with-us.md
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[the preliminary notes]: https://hribhrib.at:5443/upload/5035aee454f8553c88bd1f7623218485341099ed/dZSQFC3lP1lMmTQFyfLKQFBBDIC4tOrQ41Js4nzn/firstthoughts.txt
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[first]: https://git.libregaming.org/LibreGaming/libregaming-website/src/branch/master/2021-08-07.md
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[second]: https://git.libregaming.org/LibreGaming/libregaming-website/src/branch/master/2022-01-30.md
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# Communication
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- **Domain name:** following a [public poll](https://webapp.oulu.fi/framadate/adminstuds.php?poll=Vmv6hF1oJ9ain1SIusvq7qk8), we went with `libregaming.org` (see [previous name poll](https://poll.disroot.org/LZwvudXCHyBvDY2d) and [discussion](https://paste.debian.net/1204068/))
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- **Domain name:** following a [public poll], we went with `libregaming.org`, see also [previous name poll]
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- **Privacy:** While we defend privacy online, our chatrooms are public spaces and may be logged accordingly
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- **Moderation:** We defend free speech, which means we believe no government can tell you how to think/feel, but [doesn't mean you can engage in abusive behavior](https://xkcd.com/1357/); nazis, harassers, and other abusers are not welcome in our community
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- **Moderation:** We defend free speech, which means we believe no government can tell you how to think/feel, but [doesn't mean you can engage in abusive behavior]; nazis, harassers, and other abusers are not welcome in our community
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- **Color scheme:** We use <span style="color: #FF8F23;">**Orange**</span> (#FF8F23) and <span style="color: #4FBAD5">**Blue**</span> (#4FBAD5)
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If you would like to take part in the community, please head over to the [**Contact** section](#contact).
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If you would like to take part in the community, please see [contacting us].
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[public poll]: https://webapp.oulu.fi/framadate/adminstuds.php?poll=Vmv6hF1oJ9ain1SIusvq7qk8
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[previous name poll]: https://poll.disroot.org/LZwvudXCHyBvDY2d
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[doesn't mean you can engage in abusive behavior]: https://xkcd.com/1357/
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# Community
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- a loose collective rather than a formal organization
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- feel free to invite new people and share permissions with people you know
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- don’t ask permission to improve things, just go ahead and see where it goes, then let it be known so that others can review what you did
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- supportive of [accessibility](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility): everyone should be able to play games, no matter their physical or hardware/network capabilities
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- supportive of [accessibility]: everyone should be able to play games, no matter their physical or hardware/network capabilities
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- encouraging existing libre games communities to join us and help improve the overall ecosystem
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**We are not:**
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- a community where nazis and harassers are welcome
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- a space to discuss non-free games and ecosystem, see Gaming Space or Linux Gaming (**TODO:** links) instead
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[accessibility]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility
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# Contact
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moved to [contacting us]
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# Services
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## Public use
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- A website with information about libre games (maybe cooperate with [LibreGameWiki](https://libregamewiki.org/Main_Page)), and links to various related communities, as well as tutorials to selfhost your own libre game servers
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- A website with information about libre games (maybe cooperate with [LibreGameWiki]), and links to various related communities, as well as tutorials to selfhost your own libre game servers
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- A matchmaking service/bot to find people to play with
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- A chat bridging service (eg. [matterbridge](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge)) for existing communities, to open oneself to new protocols/ecosystems
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- A chat bridging service (eg. [matterbridge]) for existing communities, to open oneself to new protocols/ecosystems
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- Tooling/scripts to make it easier to selfhost libre game servers
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- Subdomains on libregaming.org for new projects to get started; only for libregaming projects, because we don't want external projects to technically depend on libregaming.org?
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[LibreGameWiki]: https://libregamewiki.org/Main_Page
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[matterbridge]: https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge
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# Resources
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- [Our logos](https://freedombox.emorrp1.name/_matrix/media/r0/download/freedombox.emorrp1.name/IwuxGwOfjbdjcaSLFgjqXGqa) (SVG)
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- [Our first attempt at a website](https://matrix-client.matrix.org/_matrix/media/r0/download/matrix.org/hmdmKGDlmwrCKuWnJLxGPRgJ) (ZIP), based on [this pad](https://cryptpad.fr/code/#/2/code/edit/qFLYmH82hddBpXCDmFansp0z/embed)
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- [LibreGaming space screenshot on matrix](https://freedombox.emorrp1.name/_matrix/media/r0/download/matrix.org/TqNyUvWqIgJqxIfCzaYbQGyq
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) (PNG)
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- [Our logos] (SVG)
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- [Our first attempt at a website] (ZIP), based on [play-libre-games.md]
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- [LibreGaming space screenshot on matrix] (PNG)
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[Our logos]: https://freedombox.emorrp1.name/_matrix/media/r0/download/freedombox.emorrp1.name/IwuxGwOfjbdjcaSLFgjqXGqa
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[Our first attempt at a website]: https://matrix-client.matrix.org/_matrix/media/r0/download/matrix.org/hmdmKGDlmwrCKuWnJLxGPRgJ
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[play-libre-games.md]: https://git.libregaming.org/LibreGaming/libregaming-website/src/branch/master/play-libre-games.md
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[LibreGaming space screenshot on matrix]: https://freedombox.emorrp1.name/_matrix/media/r0/download/matrix.org/TqNyUvWqIgJqxIfCzaYbQGyq
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# External resources
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- Organizing a meeting
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- [planning a timezone-aware event](https://www.when2meet.com/) (alternative to framadate, **TODO:** can we selfhost it?)
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- [sharing a specific time across timezones](https://time.is/compare) (**TODO:** can we selfhost it?)
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- taking notes together: [Hedgedoc](https://md.roflcopter.fr/) (roflcopter.fr), [Etherpad](https://pad.lqdn.fr/) (lqdn.fr), [Cryptpad](https://cryptpad.fr/) (cryptpad.fr)
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- audio conferencing: [Mumble](https://mumble.org/) server on hribhrib.at (**TODO:** can we setup [mumble-web](https://github.com/Johni0702/mumble-web) client and [mumble-web-proxy](https://github.com/johni0702/mumble-web-proxy) WebRTC server?)
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- [planning a timezone-aware event] (alternative to framadate, **TODO:** can we selfhost it?)
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- [sharing a specific time across timezones] (**TODO:** can we selfhost it?)
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- taking notes together: [Hedgedoc] (roflcopter.fr), [Etherpad] (lqdn.fr), [Cryptpad] (cryptpad.fr)
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- audio conferencing: [Mumble] server on hribhrib.at (**TODO:** can we setup [mumble-web] client and [mumble-web-proxy] WebRTC server?)
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- Other related collectives
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- [FreeGameDev.net](https://freegamedev.net) has a modern IRC server (with a public Jabber/XMPP gateway and a matchmaking bot) and a forum for libre gamedev
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- [LibreGameWiki](https://libregamewiki.org/Main_Page) a wiki with detailed information about libre games
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- [FreeGameDev.net] has a modern IRC server (with a public Jabber/XMPP gateway and a matchmaking bot) and a forum for libre gamedev
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- [LibreGameWiki] a wiki with detailed information about libre games
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[planning a timezone-aware event]: https://www.when2meet.com/
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[sharing a specific time across timezones]: https://time.is/compare
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[Hedgedoc]: https://md.roflcopter.fr/
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[Etherpad]: https://pad.lqdn.fr/
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[Cryptpad]: https://cryptpad.fr/
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[Mumble]: https://mumble.org/
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[mumble-web]: https://github.com/Johni0702/mumble-web
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[mumble-web-proxy]: https://github.com/johni0702/mumble-web-proxy
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[FreeGameDev.net]: https://freegamedev.net
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**TODO:** below are leftovers from the previous pad, what are they for? do they work?
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* The bifrost matrix bridge to XMPP is not great, perhaps can host a public XMPP gateway to matrix instead?
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* matrix-bifrost is the only xmpp-matrix bridge in both ways
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* it's also not good on xmpp->matrix side, at least when using the official matrix.org gateway
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* Discussion (long) about Discord: https://matrix.to/#/!qLhNfILESSCaasbRWB:freedombox.emorrp1.name/$pES_yrnhm4kjonxfnrPmqV2dv3CmAyWBH2eadKgZ4wM?via=freedombox.emorrp1.name&via=matrix.org&via=nordgedanken.dev
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* [Discussion (long) about Discord]
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* object to Discord on principle of non-libre, centralised, compromising ideals, so shouldn't pro-actively bridge channels from here to there
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* aware that some libre games have their official communities on Discord, and sadly they may not see anything wrong with that, e.g. strong network effects
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* popularity isn't everything, it's ok to be a small cohesive community, but advertising libre stuff on non-libre platforms is ok for outreach
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* not everyone agrees with the statements above :p
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[Discussion (long) about Discord]: https://matrix.to/#/!qLhNfILESSCaasbRWB:freedombox.emorrp1.name/$pES_yrnhm4kjonxfnrPmqV2dv3CmAyWBH2eadKgZ4wM?via=freedombox.emorrp1.name&via=matrix.org&via=nordgedanken.dev
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