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- 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.
- Apple
- Public Source
Home of all Open Source Projects at Apple
Computer.
- Arctic
Penguin Open Source Solutions
Contains some informative articles about Open
Source software, success stories, and news
- Asian
Open Source Centre
News and promotion of open source activities
in Asia.
- Bishamon-tenno's
Open Source Page
Explains one person's experiences with open
source.
- 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 criticisms from third parties.
- 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.
- 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 other
groups with like values.
- Europa
Union - Information Society
Provides a brief introduction to open source
software, applications, programs, and case
studies.
- Free
as in Speech and Beer
News and opinion relating to Free Software/open
source, peer-to-peer technology and the digital
gift economy.
- Free
Software Advocacy
Focuses on connections between free software
and community development and on free software
in Australia.
- Free
Software Foundation Europe
Web site of the FSF Europe, an organization
dedicated to Free Software activities in Europe.
As the official sister organization of the
Free Software Foundation in the United States,
it will build its activities around the GNU
Project although it won't be limited to it.
- Free
Software Foundation (FSF), GNU Project
Non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating
restrictions on copying, redistributing, understanding,
and modifying computer programs. GNU Project
was begun to develop a complete free Unix-like
operating system.
- Free
Software Shop
Information about Free Software movement for
novices.
- FreeDevelopers
A company of free developers, for free developers.
A democratic commercial company dedicated
to free software.
- freepatents.org
Help fight to keep patent laws on software
from entering Europe.
- 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 lengths Microsoft is willing to
go to squash its competition.
- Home--Berkman
Center for Internet and Society
A research program advocating the openness
of the Internet.
- A
Linux Advacate's Resource
This site includes numerous links and original
content useful for Linux avocacy, especially
to corporate customers.
- Linux
Today: Emmett Plant - The Welcome Wagon
Urges initiative and good manners to promote
open source.
- Microsoft
Boycott - The Alternative
Index of replacements for Microsoft software,
services and hardware. Includes reviews and
outside links.
- mozilla.org
Home of Mozilla, the Netscape based open source
browser.
- MozillaZine
General information on the Open Source Netscape
project.
- The New
Scientist - The Great Giveaway
Introduction to Open Source, OpenCola and
Copyleft.
- Open
Source and These United States
by C. Justin Seiferth, Maj USAF; a study for
the Air Command and Staff College Air University.
Military implications of Open Licenses.
- Open
Source Chicago
Technology discussion group places focus on
Open Source Software being used in the Chicago
area.
- The
Open Source Page
The Open Source Initiative is dedicated to
managing and promoting the Open Source trademark
for the good of the community. The phrase
`open source' has been registered as a certification
mark. You can examine the Open Source Definition,
which defines some essential properties that
Open Source licenses will have. You can read
about software that qualifies and our branding
program.
- Open
Source Software
Information about benefits of open source
software.
- Open
Source Software: The Future of Software Development
in Pharmaceutical Companies
Final year project for the MSc in Management
at the University of Bath's School of Management
by James Clary & Valerio Motti
- OpenCode
Promotes open software, research, and content
in cyberspace. Includes a reference archive
of some open licenses used by other organizations.
- OpenDeveloper.org
-- Building Open Sites
A resource for building Open Source Web sites,
covering Linux, BSD, Apache, MySQL, PHP, and
Perl. OpenDeveloper.org is an independent
Web site about open source development of
Web sites -- by the community, for the community.
- OpenDVD.org
- DVD for every OS
Advocates having DVD compatibility for all
Operating Systems.
- The
OpenScience Project
The Open Science Project is an Organization
devoted to providing open source scientific
software.
- opensource.ac.uk
A site devoted to the role of Open Source
software within the UK academic community.
- osOpinion:
A Mathematical Analysis of the Business of
Software Article and source code for the
business model.
- osOpinion:
Once Were Marketing Warriors
Marketing open source vs Microsoft.
- Social
Software
A group of volunteers based in the UK which
hopes to find ways of bringing the benefits
of Open Source Software to the voluntary /
community sector.
- Tom
Alsberg's online freedom/liberty page
Personal page regarding free software and
online freedom in general.
- User
Friendly the Comic Strip
Amusing strip following the antics of Columbia
Internet and its employees. Frequently touches
on Open Source, Linux, hacker culture, and
holy wars.
- Vovida.org
Communications community site dedicated to
providing a forum for open source software
used in datacom and telecom environments.
- Why
Commercial Software Makes no Sense
A paper on why supporting proprietary commercial
software, as typified by current software
vendors, is inherently an illogical process.
- The
Yellow Network Coalition
An organization promoting "recycling" old
computer hardware for uses it can still serve
well, commonly using free software.
- Newsforge
- Anti-Open Source Lobbyists Need Love, Too
Article describing the philosophy and hidden
agenda of anti-open source think tanks. (October
25, 2002)
- 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. (September 14,
2000)
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