by Jono Bacon | Nov 12, 2013 | Free Culture
For many years I have been a long supporter of the [Creative Commons](https://creativecommons.org/). I believe Free Culture is good for people; it brings enjoyment, encourages sharing, helps creates an archive of material others can use in their own creative...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 5, 2013 | Charity, Creative Commons, Free Culture
I am running a fund-raising campaign for [WaterAid](https://www.wateraid.org/) to provide clean and sanitary water for poorer parts of the world. Dirty water is the source of so many health problems in the world, and I hope I can help a little in the wider cause. To...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 8, 2010 | Community, Free Culture, Planet GNOME, Ubuntu
Recently I [blogged about some concerns that I have had](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/2010/11/05/making-our-world-more-respectful/) about increasing disrespect in the Open Source, Free Software, and Free Culture communities. My blog entry shared some of the work...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 9, 2009 | Canonical, Free Culture
Melissa from the [Creative Commons](https://www.creativecommons.org/) pointed me to the [rather good news](https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/19086) that Canonical’s offer to match Creative Commons donations up to $3000 has already been matched: > [Just...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 5, 2009 | Canonical, Free Culture, Ubuntu
Here at [Canonical](https://www.canonical.com/) we are all big fans of the [Creative Commons](https://creativecommons.org/). For those of you unfamiliar with them, they have created [a set of Free Culture licenses](https://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/) that...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 22, 2009 | Community, Free Culture, LUGRadio, LUGRadio Live
Tomorrow I fly to England back to Wolverhampton for [LugRadio Live 2009](https://www.lugradio.org/live/2009/). I have been over in California now for over a year and it will be the first time I have got to see many of my friends since I moved. It will also be the...
