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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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