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60 Listings - DR (10/10)60 Listings - DR (10/10) Free Software Advocacy - http://danny.oz.au/free-software/
Focuses on connections between free software and community development and on free software in Australia.
60 Listings - DR (10/10)60 Listings - DR (10/10) Development, Ethical Trading, and Free Software - http://danny.oz.au/freedom/ip/aidfs.html
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.
On Target - DR (10/10)On Target - DR (10/10) Linux.com: Anti-Open Source Lobbyists Need Love, Too - http://www.linux.com/articles/25927?tid=19
Article describing the philosophy and hidden agenda of anti-open source think tanks.
37 Listings - DR (8/10)37 Listings - DR (8/10) Open Source Advocacy with Revererend Ted - http://reverendted.wordpress.com/
Weblog about the world of Open Source by the guy responsible for building the Novell user community.
30 Listings - DR (8/10)30 Listings - DR (8/10) Linux Today: Emmett Plant - The Welcome Wagon - http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-11-09-001-05-NW-SM
Urges initiative and good manners to promote open source.
4,345 Listings - DR (7/10)4,345 Listings - DR (7/10) Open Source and These United States - http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/mondo/841/documents/99-184.html
by C. Justin Seiferth, Maj USAF; a study for the Air Command and Staff College Air University. Military implications of Open Licenses.
189 Listings - DR (7/10)189 Listings - DR (7/10) Free Software Foundation (FSF), GNU Project - http://www.gnu.org/
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.
63 Listings - DR (7/10)63 Listings - DR (7/10) WebReference Update: Scholars Discuss Open Code Benefits - http://www.webreference.com/new/opencode.html
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.
1,080 Listings - DR (6/10)1,080 Listings - DR (6/10) Berkman Center for Internet and Society - http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/
A research program at Harvard Law School founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development.
On Target - DR (6/10)On Target - DR (6/10) Microsoft Boycott - The Alternative - http://www.msboycott.com/thealt/
Index of replacements for Microsoft software, services and hardware. Includes reviews and outside links.
82 Listings - DR (6/10)82 Listings - DR (6/10) Debian's social contract - http://www.debian.org/social_contract
Contains the Debian Free Software Guidelines, which are regarded as compliance rules for free software by many others besides Debian package maintainers.
On Target - DR (5/10)On Target - DR (5/10) Armenian Open Source Software Portal - http://www.opensourcearmenia.com/
A project aimed at developing technologies through endorsing the advantages of Open Source. Supported by international private, public and academic institutions and run by the Union of IT Enterprises.
9 Listings - DR (5/10)9 Listings - DR (5/10) Open Source Initiative - http://www.opensource.org/
Dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source trademark for the good of the community. Includes a definition of 'Open Source', and a list of approved licenses.
25 Listings - DR (5/10)25 Listings - DR (5/10) The Cathedral and the Bazaar - http://catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-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.
25 Listings - DR (5/10)25 Listings - DR (5/10) The Halloween Document - http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/
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.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) The OpenScience Project - http://openscience.org
The Open Science Project is an Organization devoted to providing open source scientific software.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) Nonprofit Open Source Initiative - http://www.nosi.net
Promotes adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) in the nonprofit/NGO sector.
28 Listings - DR (4/10)28 Listings - DR (4/10) User Friendly the Comic Strip - http://www.userfriendly.org/
Amusing strip following the antics of Columbia Internet and its employees. Frequently touches on Open Source, Linux, hacker culture, and holy wars.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) International Open Source Network - http://www.iosn.net
A United Nations Development Programme advocacy site for free and open source software, focused on the Asia-Pacific region.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) OpenDeveloper.org - http://www.opendeveloper.org/
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.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) Arctic Penguin Open Source Solutions - http://www.arcticpenguin.ca/
Contains some informative articles about Open Source software, success stories, and news
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) Logic-Box - http://www.logic-box.com/
A portal covering and advocating the open source movement, software and new developments. Includes forum, news, articles, downloads and related resources.
98,188 Listings - DR (3/10)98,188 Listings - DR (3/10) Bishamon-tenno's Open Source Page - http://www.geocities.com/bishamon_tenno/
Explains one person's experiences with open source.
8 Listings - DR (3/10)8 Listings - DR (3/10) Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers! - http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html
In-depth review and analysis of the many quantitative reasons to use open source software, with statistics from a variety of recent surveys.
On Target - DR (3/10)On Target - DR (3/10) Software Freedom Day - http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/
A global effort to promote the use of free and Open Source software. Lists forthcoming events, news, forum, gallery and contributing teams.
7 Listings - DR (2/10)7 Listings - DR (2/10) Free Software Foundation Europe - http://fsfeurope.org
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.
On Target - DR (2/10)On Target - DR (2/10) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. - http://www.spi-inc.org/
A non-profit organization which was founded to help organizations develop and distribute open hardware and software.
On Target - DR (1/10)On Target - DR (1/10) The GPL Violations Project - http://www.gpl-violations.org/
Raising public awareness about past and present infringement of GPL licensed software. Includes profile, news and events.
On Target - DR (1/10)On Target - DR (1/10) Open Source Software Institute - http://www.oss-institute.org
Non-profit organization created to promote the adoption of open source solutions within U.S. agencies and academic entities.
6 Listings - DR (1/10)6 Listings - DR (1/10) Atviras Kodas Lietuvai - http://www.akl.lt/en
Non-profit public organization that works to promote the usage of Free and Open Source software in Lithuania.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Open Source Community Node - http://www.libervis.com
Community portal providing a discussion forum, articles and blogs.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Tom Alsberg's Online Freedom/Liberty Page - http://www.zoopee.org/~alsbergt/cspage/freedom/
Personal page regarding free software and online freedom in general.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Spread Open Source - http://www.spreadopensource.com/
A community based forum for the promotion of open source software and open standards.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Open Malaysia - http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/
Promoting the Open Document Format (ODF), open standards, and open source software in Malaysia.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Support-FreeSoftware.org - http://www.support-freesoftware.org
A small community site containing a weblog and tutorials.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Tux Deluxe - http://www.tuxdeluxe.org
A web lifestyle magazine with a focus on free software, digital rights and the art and craft of programming for the real world.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Europa Union - Information Society - http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/opensource/
Provides a brief introduction to open source software, applications, programs, and case studies.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Free Software Shop - http://freesoftwareshop.org/forum/
Information about Free Software movement for novices.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) CLUE - http://www.cluecan.ca/
The Canadian Association for Open Source.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Open Source Notebook - http://opensource-notebook.com/
A weblog by Daniel Aleksandersen about free software, free speech, GNU/Linux, and online privacy.

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