<p>What differentiates HPR from other podcasts is that the shows are <strong>crowd sourced</strong> from the community -
fellow listeners like <strong><ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'correspondents/index.html') %-->">you</a></strong>.
There is no restriction on how long the show can be, nor on the topic you can cover as long as they are not spam
and <em>"are of interest to <ahref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_(hobbyist)"><!--% make_sfw(is_sfw, "Hobbyists", "Hackers") %--></a>"</em>.
If you want to see what topics have been covered so far just have a look at our
<p>You can download/listen to the shows <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'eps/index.html') %-->">on our episodes page</a>,
or you can <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'syndication.html') %-->">subscribe</a> to the show in your favorite <ahref="https://repo.anhonesthost.net/HPR/hpr_documentation/src/branch/main/podcatchers">podcatching client</a>
to automatically get our new shows as soon as they are available.
You can copy and redistribute the shows for free provided you adhere to the
<p><!--% make_sfw(is_sfw, "Hobby", "Hacker") %--> Public Radio (HPR) is an Internet Radio show (podcast) that releases shows every weekday Monday through Friday.
HPR has a long lineage going back to <ahref="https://web.archive.org/web/20230323053905/http://www.oldskoolphreak.com/">Radio FreeK America</a>,
and Droop's "<ahref="<!--% media_path(1874, 'hpr', 'mp3', baseurl, media_baseurl) %-->">10 year anniversary of HPR</a>" for more information.</p>
<p><!--% make_sfw(is_sfw, "Hobby", "Hacker") %--> Public Radio is dedicated to sharing knowledge. We do not accept donations so please consider donating to our <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'about.html#supporters') %-->">sponsors</a>.
If you listen to HPR, then we would love you to <ahref="about.html">contribute</a> one show a year.
<ul>
<li>Our shows are by default released under a <ahref="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)</a> license. </li>
<li>All the software we use is <ahref="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software">Free software</a>. </li>
<li>All the code we develop is published in our <ahref="https://repo.anhonesthost.net/HPR">GitTea</a> repository. </li>
<li>All the media is available via the <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'syndication.html') %-->">feeds</a>.</li>
</ul>
</p>
<h2id="do_no_harm">Do No Harm<ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'about.html#do_no_harm') %-->">.</a></h2>
<p>We trust you not to do anything that will harm HPR.
first see if a <ahref="https://lists.hackerpublicradio.com/pipermail/hpr/2021-September/004250.html">response episode</a> is sufficient to address the grievance.
<p>Our hosting is kindly provided to us by <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'correspondents/0174.html') %-->">Josh Knapp</a> from <ahref="https://anhonesthost.com/hosting/shared-hosting">AnHonestHost.com</a>,
They act as the first point of contact, processing the shows, coordinating <ahref="https://repo.anhonesthost.net/HPR/hpr_documentation/src/branch/main/policies.md">policy discussions</a>,
<p>If the janitors need to contact you related to the implementation of policies, they will also include the <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'about.html#auditors') %-->">Auditors</a>. The Auditors role is to observe, and report if necessary that the Janitors are been faithful in their communication.</p>
<p>HPR will stop as a project if there are not enough Shows.
Once that all the reserve shows have been used up and there are no more shows in the queue,
<ahref="https://repo.anhonesthost.net/HPR/hpr-tools/src/branch/main/workflow/hpr-prepare-reserve.bash#L112-L124">HPR as a project will stop</a>.
This is by design, and is inspired by the episode <ahref="<!--% media_path(560, 'hpr', 'mp3', baseurl, media_baseurl) %-->">hpr0560 :: Old soldiers</a>, hosted by
<ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'correspondents/0107.html') %-->">lostnbronx</a> "<em>A discussion of "podfading" - the fading away of once-active podcasts</em>".
</p>
<pid="janitors_covenant">
The Janitors Covenant is that they will continue to process and post the shows, so long as <strong>you</strong>, the HPR community, continue to send them in.
If people stop sending shows in then we will shut the project down with grace and a big send off.
<li><ahref="https://lists.hackerpublicradio.com/pipermail/hpr/2024-October/004791.html">Clarification that contributions are CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise stated</a></li>
Engage with the episodes that are posted, recommend episodes that contain answers to questions.
When people post interesting content, encourage them to send in shows on the topic.
Support anyone that is been harassed, and report anything of concern to <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'about.html#contact') %-->">the janitors</a>.
</p>
<p>You can join <ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'about.html#contact') %-->">the existing contact channels</a>, or ask for others to be added.</p>
<h2id="free_culture_podcasts">Help the Free Culture Podcasts Project<ahref="<!--% absolute_url(baseurl,'about.html#free_culture_podcasts') %-->">.</a></h2>
<p>The <ahref="https://FreeCulturePodcasts.org">Free Culture Podcasts Project</a> is a umbrella site run by the Hacker Public Radio community. We prefer to attend booths as the Free Culture Podcasts project so we can not only hilight HPR, but also other podcasts that release their shows under the Creatitive Commons deed.</p>
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