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.
http://www.opensource.org/
MozillaZine:
General information on the Open Source Netscape project.
http://www.mozillazine.org/
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.
http://fsfeurope.org
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.
http://www.userfriendly.org/
freepatents.org:
Help fight to keep patent laws on software from entering Europe.
http://www.freepatents.org/
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.
http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/mondo/841/documents/99-184.html
mozilla.org:
Home of Mozilla, the Netscape based open source browser.
http://mozilla.org
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.
http://www.gnu.org/
The Yellow Network Coalition:
An organization promoting "recycling" old computer hardware for uses
it can still serve well, commonly using free software.
http://www.ync.org/
Apple - Public Source:
Home of all Open Source Projects at Apple Computer.
http://www.publicsource.apple.com/
OpenCode:
Promotes open software, research, and content in cyberspace.
Includes a reference archive of some open licenses used by other
organizations.
http://www.opencode.org/
Free Software Shop:
Information about Free Software movement for novices.
http://www.FreeSoftwareShop.com/
A Linux Advacate's Resource:
This site includes numerous links and original content useful for
Linux avocacy, especially to corporate customers.
http://www.open4success.com/
FreeDevelopers:
A company of free developers, for free developers. A democratic
commercial company dedicated to free software.
http://www.freedevelopers.net/
Free Software Advocacy:
Focuses on connections between free software and community
development and on free software in Australia.
http://danny.oz.au/free-software/index.html
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.
http://www.opendeveloper.org/
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.
http://www.opensource.org/halloween/
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.
http://danny.oz.au/freedom/ip/aidfs.html
Vovida.org:
Communications community site dedicated to providing a forum for
open source software used in datacom and telecom environments.
http://www.vovida.org/
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.
http://www.webreference.com/new/opencode.html
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.
http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16/misc/commercial_software.html
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.
http://www.debian.org/social_contract
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.
http://catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/
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.
http://socialsoftware.org/
