Open Source Culture represents the simple idea that ideas are free. That information yearns to be free. We acknowledge that copyright laws are unsuitable for a world that’s highly digitized; where content and information are, and should be, abundant and readily available for anyone.
Read the full Open Source Culture Manifesto: https://satosh.ee/osc-manifesto/
The goal of the Open Source Culture initiative is to support and facilitate the creation, distribution and remixing/re-using/re-imagining of any artform that can be stored and distributed in a digital manner (i.e. books, essays, music, photos, code, video, etc.) without copyright restrictions.
Creation
The Open Source Culture Fund will be used to commission new artworks to be created and released into the public domain.
This will be done in three ways:
- Through direct, private arrangements between Satoshee Strategy and artists
- Through public contests in which artists can submit offers as to what they would be willing to create for the public domain for a preset amount of BTC
- Through zaps to users on the nostr network, who create and/or distribute Public Domain or Creative Commons (CC-BY) licensed content with the hashtag #opensourceculture
Distribution
The Satoshee website has a category for Open Source Culture, which is the main avenue for us as a company to distribute and re-distribute works in the public domain.
Every piece of Open Source media featured on the Satoshee website will also have a corresponding note on nostr. If the author is not on nostr or deceased, 100% of the zaps go to the Open Source Culture Fund. If the author is on nostr, the note will have a 50/50 zap split between the author and the Open Source Culture.
Click here to browse the Open Source Culture section of the Satoshee Shop.
Get involved
You can support Open Source Culture with your time, energy and effort.
Have you created something that’s copyright-free and would like to have it featured on the Satoshee website? Do you want to create something like that and need some extra funding? Do you know of any great resources and/or other initiatives that support, create and/or distribute copyright-free media? Do you have any other great ideas in regards to advancing Open Source Culture and copyright-free media? Get in touch: opensourceculture@satosh.ee
To support the Open Source Culture initiative financially you can donate bitcoin directly:
- On-chain: bc1qhcsf9cpwlfz6vee3nyjfyf0h4xf7lhpy3uyvee
- Via the Lightning Network: open_source_culture@
7a1e9620af.d.voltageapp.io - Via nostr: npub1yxqdukmj70wlhwf6vg3fwkwcxmgdalahgsl7lcpka8gvs4xkew3s7p3a6x
- Via Satoshee Loyalty Program: you can earn Loyalty Points on the Satoshee website, exchange them for Orange Coins (1 Orange Coin = 1000 sats) and donate them to Open Source Culture.
- Via Geyser: https://geyser.fund/project/opensourceculture/
100% of the direct donations (excluding the 5% fee for contributions through Geyser) go to the Open Source Culture Fund.
To support the Open Source Culture initiative indirectly you can purchase certain products on the Satoshee website:
- 10% of all sales of the Satoshee Memberships go to the Open Source Culture Fund
- 50% of all sales of the copyright-free, “name-your-price” Digital Products on the Satosh.ee website go to the Open Source Culture Fund
EVENT:
Open Source Culture Creator Contest #1
Open Source Culture Creator Contest #1 Pre-Announcement on nostr
OPEN NOW (22 Feb-22 Mar 2025): Submit your proposals as to what you would create for 225k sats for the public domain. Further info on the Satoshee blog.
MORE INFO COMING SOON