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Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers! Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers!
Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers!- In-depth review and analysis of the many quantitative reasons to use open source software, with statistics from a variety of recent surveys. ...
Free Software Advocacy Free Software Advocacy
Free Software Advocacy- Focuses on connections between free software and community development and on free software in Australia. ...
Development, Ethical Trading, and Free Software Development, Ethical Trading, and Free Software
Development, Ethical Trading, and Free Software- Makes political and ethical case for adopting free software by Community Aid Abroad and other members of Oxfam International. Applies generally to development agencies and ...
WebReference Update: Scholars Discuss Open Code Benefits WebReference Update: Scholars Discuss Open Code Benefits
WebReference Update: Scholars Discuss Open Code Benefits- Fans of free software and music found some allies this weekend who said if lawmakers don't understand technology they shouldn't try and regulate it. ...
My Open Source My Open Source
My Open Source- A guide to open source software for the Windows platform. Lists most popular downloads and offers a review of each product. ...
Debian's social contract Debian's social contract
Debian's social contract- Contains the Debian Free Software Guidelines, which are regarded as compliance rules for free software by many others besides Debian package maintainers. ...
The Cathedral and the Bazaar The Cathedral and the Bazaar
The Cathedral and the Bazaar- Eric S. Raymond's seminal paper analysing why open source works so well; followup papers "Homesteading the Noosphere", "The Magic Cauldron" and "The Revenge of the Hackers"; and comments and ...
Microsoft Boycott - The Alternative Microsoft Boycott - The Alternative
Microsoft Boycott - The Alternative- Index of replacements for Microsoft software, services and hardware. Includes reviews and outside links. ...
Open Source Community Node Open Source Community Node
Open Source Community Node- Community portal providing a discussion forum, articles and blogs. ...
Atviras Kodas Lietuvai Atviras Kodas Lietuvai
Atviras Kodas Lietuvai- Non-profit public organization that works to promote the usage of Free and Open Source software in Lithuania. ...
Open Source Software Institute Open Source Software Institute
Open Source Software Institute- Non-profit organization created to promote the adoption of open source solutions within U.S. agencies and academic entities. ...
Open Source Advocacy with Revererend Ted Open Source Advocacy with Revererend Ted
Open Source Advocacy with Revererend Ted- Weblog about the world of Open Source by the guy responsible for building the Novell user community. ...
The Halloween Document The Halloween Document
The Halloween Document- Microsoft are getting very worried indeed about competition from Open Source Software such as Linux. This leaked internal memo, courtesy of Eric Raymond, reveals all -- including the extreme lengt ...
CLUE CLUE
CLUE- The Canadian Association for Open Source. ...
Linux Today: Emmett Plant - The Welcome Wagon Linux Today: Emmett Plant - The Welcome Wagon
Linux Today: Emmett Plant - The Welcome Wagon- Urges initiative and good manners to promote open source. ...
Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure
Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure- Dedicated to establishing a free market in information technology, by the removal of barriers to competition and working towards sane patent systems and open standards. ...
Boycott Novell Boycott Novell
Boycott Novell- Discusses exclusionary and questionable deals (such as the deal between Novell and Microsoft) which it views as attempts to undermine the purpose and goals of the Free software movement. ...
GNU.org: Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software GNU.org: Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software
GNU.org: Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software- Explains the difference between "Free Software" described as a social movement focusing on freedom and "Open Source" described as a development methodology. By ...
Astronomical Software Wants To Be Free: A Manifesto Astronomical Software Wants To Be Free: A Manifesto
Astronomical Software Wants To Be Free: A Manifesto- Paper by Benjamin J. Weiner and co-authors, arguing that the advantages of open-sourcing astronomical software outweigh the drawbacks. ...
Schoolforge Schoolforge
Schoolforge- An international coalition of organizations fostering free and open resources in and for education. ...
BlueObelisk BlueObelisk
BlueObelisk- Project to develop resources for chemistry based around the concepts of open data, open standards and open source. Members list, details of activities, mailing list, news, and publications. ...
Monochrom: Some Code To Die For Monochrom: Some Code To Die For
Monochrom: Some Code To Die For- On the Birth of the Free Software Movement in 1887. The author compares new code to the constructed language Esperanto. ...
In the Beginning was the Command Line In the Beginning was the Command Line
In the Beginning was the Command Line- A history of operating systems, by Neal Stephenson, the author of such novels as 'Snow Crash', 'The Diamond Age' and 'Zodiac'. ...
Why 'Free Software' is Better Than 'Open Source' Why 'Free Software' is Better Than 'Open Source'
Why 'Free Software' is Better Than 'Open Source'- An essay from the Free Software Foundation arguing that the term "free software" is a better choice than the term "open source". ...
Making it in a Post Windows World Making it in a Post Windows World
Making it in a Post Windows World- The process transitioning from a Windows to a Linux desktop computer, step by step setup instructions for a dialup account, and VNC. ...
Open Source Software and Documents - A Literature and Resource Review Open Source Software and Documents - A Literature and Resource Review
Open Source Software and Documents - A Literature and Resource Review- Brief introduction to the Open Source movement, provides a review of books, sites, and topics. ...
Open-Source Software Development, by Kim Johnson Open-Source Software Development, by Kim Johnson
Open-Source Software Development, by Kim Johnson- Explains the competing open source philosophies and development models, with examples of popular open source projects such as Linux, Apache, KDE and Python. ...
Collaborative Source Software Collaborative Source Software
Collaborative Source Software- This article presents an approach to combine the best of the Open Source and proprietary software development worlds. ...
OpenSource.org: Open Source Definition OpenSource.org: Open Source Definition
OpenSource.org: Open Source Definition- A definition of the Open Source license for software. ...
The Register: Open Source is Good for America - US Military Advised The Register: Open Source is Good for America - US Military Advised
The Register: Open Source is Good for America - US Military Advised- Andrew Orlowski discusses a report commissioned by the US military about open source and free software. ...
OS Reviews OS Reviews
OS Reviews- Website publishing reviews of free and open source software. ...
A Legal Issues Primer for Open Source and Free Software Projects A Legal Issues Primer for Open Source and Free Software Projects
A Legal Issues Primer for Open Source and Free Software Projects- The Software Freedom Law Center's introduction to the legal issues surrounding the use of FOSS. ...
Forbes: Letting go of Lego Forbes: Letting go of Lego
Forbes: Letting go of Lego- "Hackers crack the code of a new chip and post the design secrets on the Web. The chip's maker, instead of suing, holds fire. What gives?" ...
A Response to Nikolai Bezroukov A Response to Nikolai Bezroukov
A Response to Nikolai Bezroukov- Eric Raymond's response to Bezroukov's "Open Source Software Development as a Special Type of Academic Research" ...
Development, Ethical Trading and Free Software Development, Ethical Trading and Free Software
Development, Ethical Trading and Free Software- This paper makes the political and ethical case for the adoption of free software by Community Aid Abroad and other members of Oxfam International. ...
Free Source as Free Thought: Architecting Free Standards Free Source as Free Thought: Architecting Free Standards
Free Source as Free Thought: Architecting Free Standards- This paper calls for the support of open standards and non-proprietary software in civil activities, such as public education, taxes, and patent and grant proposa ...
A Second Look at the Cathedral and Bazaar A Second Look at the Cathedral and Bazaar
A Second Look at the Cathedral and Bazaar- Another critical review of Eric Raymond's "The Cathedral and the Bazaar." ...
First Monday: Open Source Intelligence First Monday: Open Source Intelligence
First Monday: Open Source Intelligence- Scientific illustration and analysis of socio-technical approaches that make up a collaborative phenomenon termed Open Source Intelligence, which goes beyond the collaborative codi ...
The Wall Street Performer Protocol The Wall Street Performer Protocol
The Wall Street Performer Protocol- This paper sketches out a proposal for the creation of a software completion bond market as a practical implementation of the Street Performer Protocol for the funding of open source s ...
Ohio Linuxfest Ohio Linuxfest
Ohio Linuxfest- Grassroots conference for the GNU/Linux/Open Source Software/Free Software community. ...
OReilly - Working Without Copyleft OReilly - Working Without Copyleft
OReilly - Working Without Copyleft- Article argues against the necessity of the Free Software movement tenet of copyleft. ...
Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution
Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution- The full text of this O'Reilly book has been made freely available online. ...
The Linux Cookbook The Linux Cookbook
The Linux Cookbook- All-encompassing book on using open source software, which itself is open source and available online. ...
Free for All Free for All
Free for All- Full text of Peter Wayner's book, subtitled "How Linux and the Free Software Movement Undercut the High-Tech Titans". [PDF] ...
NASA Open Source Software NASA Open Source Software
NASA Open Source Software- Lists open source projects that could be essential to NASA missions. ...
Producing Open Source Software - How to Run a Successful Free Software Project Producing Open Source Software - How to Run a Successful Free Software Project
Producing Open Source Software - How to Run a Successful Free Software Project- Book by Karl Fogel. Full text freely available as HTML, PDF, and XML. ...
The Architecture of Open Source Applications The Architecture of Open Source Applications
The Architecture of Open Source Applications- The authors of several open source applications explain how their software is structured, and why. Full text under the Creative Commons Attribution license. ...
Free Software and GNU Project Speakers Free Software and GNU Project Speakers
Free Software and GNU Project Speakers- Individuals who can represent the GNU project and the Free Software Movement at events ...
Penguin Day Penguin Day
Penguin Day- Forum focusing on open source development processes and nonprofit software needs. Located in Philadelphia. ...
Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM) Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM)
Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM)- Free and non-commercial yearly event organized by the community, for the community. Its goal is to provide Free and Open Source developers a place to m ...

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