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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure - http://www.ffii.org/
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. |
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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. |
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GNU.org: Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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European Union - Information Society - http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/opensource/
Provides a brief introduction to open source software, applications, programs, and case studies. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Infinite Hands - http://infinite-hands.draketo.de/
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. |
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Open Malaysia - http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/
Promoting the Open Document Format (ODF), open standards, and open source software in Malaysia. |
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Nonprofit Open Source Initiative - http://www.nosi.net
Promotes adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) in the nonprofit/NGO sector. |
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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. |
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Spread Open Source - http://www.spreadopensource.com/
A community based forum for the promotion of open source software and open standards. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Microsoft Boycott - The Alternative - http://www.msboycott.com/thealt/
Index of replacements for Microsoft software, services and hardware. Includes reviews and outside links. |
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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. |
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Astronomical Software Wants To Be Free: A Manifesto - http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.3971
Paper by Benjamin J. Weiner and co-authors, arguing that the advantages of open-sourcing astronomical software outweigh the drawbacks. |
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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. |
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Free Software Advocacy - http://danny.oz.au/free-software/
Focuses on connections between free software and community development and on free software in Australia. |