Libre culture

Libre culture refers to a sub-culture of the broader free culture movement most closely aligned with the principles of the libre software movement. Libre communities favour use of libre software to ensure that anyone can participate in collaborative production of cultural works, and libre file formats to ensure that anyone may experience the products of their work.
Libre works, or libre resources, are published under terms which encompass the four core freedoms first defined in the free software definition and comply with the Definition of Free Cultural Works. That is, users of the work are free to access, read, listen to, watch, or otherwise experience the resource; to learn with, copy, perform, adapt and use it for any purpose; and to contribute and share enhancements or derived works.
Some sectors of the libre culture community promote copyleft as a means of growing the commons and protecting the freedom of users and producers of derived works and mixes in future. These groups also tend to use terminology which they believe will not compromise their message.
Arts
Libre art (librart in short) is the collection of libre artworks by libre artists or ethical artists published in libre repositories such Wikimedia Commons.
Libre artists (aka librartists or ethical artists) emerged in the western world (Europe and Americas) alongside the free culture movement and its various events (e.g. iSummits and iCommons events). The Licence Art Libre was developed in France. Spain hosts the Oxcars, a public showcase that puts the spotlight on cultural creation and distribution carried out under the paradigms of shared culture. Poland's CopyCamp event features libre culture with Nina Paley, Cory Doctorow, Birgitta Jónsdóttir and Visegrád Countries, and there is a growing global community.

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