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  Article describing the philosophy and hidden agenda of anti-open source think tanks. |
Weblog about the world of Open Source by the guy responsible for building the Novell user community. |
Urges initiative and good manners to promote open source. |
by C. Justin Seiferth, Maj USAF; a study for the Air Command and Staff College Air University. Military implications of Open Licenses. |
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. |
Explains the difference between "Free Software" described as a social movement focusing on freedom and "Open Source" described as a development methodology. By Richard Stallman, the founder of the Free Software Foundation. |
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. |
A research program at Harvard Law School founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. |
Index of replacements for Microsoft software, services and hardware. Includes reviews and outside links. |
Contains the Debian Free Software Guidelines, which are regarded as compliance rules for free software by many others besides Debian package maintainers. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
An international coalition of organizations fostering free and open resources in and for education. |
Paper by Benjamin J. Weiner and co-authors, arguing that the advantages of open-sourcing astronomical software outweigh the drawbacks. |
The Open Science Project is an Organization devoted to providing open source scientific software. |
Promotes adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) in the nonprofit/NGO sector. |
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. |
Amusing strip following the antics of Columbia Internet and its employees. Frequently touches on Open Source, Linux, hacker culture, and holy wars. |
A United Nations Development Programme advocacy site for free and open source software, focused on the Asia-Pacific region. |
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. |
Contains some informative articles about Open Source software, success stories, and news |
In-depth review and analysis of the many quantitative reasons to use open source software, with statistics from a variety of recent surveys. |
A global effort to promote the use of free and Open Source software. Lists forthcoming events, news, forum, gallery and contributing teams. |
A non-profit organization which was founded to help organizations develop and distribute open hardware and software. |
Raising public awareness about past and present infringement of GPL licensed software. Includes profile, news and events. |
Non-profit organization created to promote the adoption of open source solutions within U.S. agencies and academic entities. |
Non-profit public organization that works to promote the usage of Free and Open Source software in Lithuania. |
A filk song about a part of the history of free software - from the beginnings in the MIT labs over sold out code, GNU, Linux and the GPLv3. |
Promoting the Open Document Format (ODF), open standards, and open source software in Malaysia. |
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. |
A community based forum for the promotion of open source software and open standards. |
Personal page regarding free software and online freedom in general. |
The Canadian Association for Open Source. |
Community portal providing a discussion forum, articles and blogs. |
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. |
Focuses on connections between free software and community development and on free software in Australia. |
Information about Free Software movement for novices. |
European branch of the FSF. Promotes the freedom to use, study, share, and improve software. Supports the development of free software such as the GNU/Linux operating system. |
A web lifestyle magazine with a focus on free software, digital rights and the art and craft of programming for the real world. |
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