- The Open Source Page - http://www.opensource.org/
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.
- MozillaZine - http://www.mozillazine.org/
General information on the Open Source Netscape project.
- Free Software Foundation Europe - http://fsfeurope.org
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- mozilla.org - http://mozilla.org
Home of Mozilla, the Netscape based open source browser.
- 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.
- The OpenScience Project - http://openscience.org
The Open Science Project is an Organization devoted to providing open source scientific software.
- OpenCode - http://www.opencode.org/
Promotes open software, research, and content in cyberspace. Includes a reference archive of some open licenses used by other organizations.
- Free Software Shop - http://www.FreeSoftwareShop.com/
Information about Free Software movement for novices.
- Free Software Advocacy - http://danny.oz.au/free-software/index.html
Focuses on connections between free software and community development and on free software in Australia.
- OpenDeveloper.org -- Building Open Sites - 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.
- The Halloween Document - http://www.opensource.org/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.
- 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.
- Vovida.org - http://www.vovida.org/
Communications community site dedicated to providing a forum for open source software used in datacom and telecom environments.
- 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.
- The Cathedral and the Bazaar - http://catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-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.
- Social Software - http://socialsoftware.org/
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.
- Microsoft Boycott - The Alternative - http://www.msboycott.com/thealt/
Index of replacements for Microsoft software, services and hardware. Includes reviews and outside links.
- Europa Union - Information Society - http://europa.eu.int/information_society/activities/opensource/
Provides a brief introduction to open source software, applications, programs, and case studies.
- International Open Source Network - http://www.iosn.net
A United Nations Development Programme advocacy site for free and open source software, focused on the Asia-Pacific region.
- Apple - Public Source - http://developer.apple.com/darwin/
Home of all Open Source Projects at Apple Computer.
- Open Source Advisory Service - http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/
Provides guidance about free and open source software, and about related standards.
- Go Open Source - http://go-opensource.org.za/
South African Open Source awareness campaign promoting Open Source software within households and small businesses.
- Promote Opensource.org - http://promote-opensource.org
Dedicated to advocating the use of open source and free software.
- Why Commercial Software Makes no Sense - http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16/misc/commercial_software.html
A paper on why supporting proprietary commercial software, as typified by current software vendors, is inherently an illogical process.
- Atviras Kodas Lietuvai - http://www.akl.lt/en
Non-profit public organization that works to promote the usage of Free and Open Source software in Lithuania.
- IP Wars - http://www.ip-wars.net
Examining, chronicling, and battling the censorship attempts of intellectual property laws.
- 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.
- Age of Ignorance - http://www.ageofignorance.com/
Discusses how laws, politicans and big companies allegedly conspire to stifle innovation and restrict knowledge to the detriment of open source software.
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