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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.
Berkman Center for Internet and Society
A research program at Harvard Law School founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development.
Free Software Advocacy
Focuses on connections between free software and community development and on free software in Australia.
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 Software Shop
Information about Free Software movement for novices.
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.
The OpenScience Project
The Open Science Project is an Organization devoted to providing open source scientific software.
Open Source Notebook
A weblog by Daniel Aleksandersen about free software, free speech, GNU/Linux, and online privacy.
Open Source Advocacy with Revererend Ted
Weblog about the world of Open Source by the guy responsible for building the Novell user community.
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.
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.
Atviras Kodas Lietuvai
Non-profit public organization that works to promote the usage of Free and Open Source software in Lithuania.
Arctic Penguin Open Source Solutions
Contains some informative articles about Open Source software, success stories, and news
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.
CLUE
The Canadian Association for Open Source.
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.
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.
Bishamon-tenno's Open Source Page
Explains one person's experiences with open source.
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.
Go Open Source
South African Open Source awareness campaign promoting Open Source software within households and small businesses.
The GPL Violations Project
Raising public awareness about past and present infringement of GPL licensed software. Includes profile, news and events.
International Open Source Network
A United Nations Development Programme advocacy site for free and open source software, focused on the Asia-Pacific region.
Open Source Community Node
Community portal providing a discussion forum, articles and blogs.
Linux Today: Emmett Plant - The Welcome Wagon
Urges initiative and good manners to promote open source.
Logic-Box
A portal covering and advocating the open source movement, software and new developments. Includes forum, news, articles, downloads and related resources.
Microsoft Boycott - The Alternative
Index of replacements for Microsoft software, services and hardware. Includes reviews and outside links.
Newsforge: Anti-Open Source Lobbyists Need Love, Too
Article describing the philosophy and hidden agenda of anti-open source think tanks.
Nonprofit Open Source Initiative
Promotes adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) in the nonprofit/NGO sector.
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.
Open Source Initiative
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.
Armenian Open Source Software Portal
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.
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 Advisory Service
Provides guidance about free and open source software, and about related standards.
Software Freedom Day
A global effort to promote the use of free and Open Source software. Lists forthcoming events, news, forum, gallery and contributing teams.
Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
A non-profit organization which was founded to help organizations develop and distribute open hardware and software.
Support-FreeSoftware.org
A small community site containing a weblog and tutorials.
Tux Deluxe
A web lifestyle magazine with a focus on free software, digital rights and the art and craft of programming for the real world.
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.
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.
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