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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The OpenScience Project - http://openscience.org
The Open Science Project is an Organization devoted to providing open source scientific software. |
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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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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. |
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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. |
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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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Boycott Novell - http://boycottnovell.com/
Discusses exclusionary and questionable deals (such as the deal between Novell and Microsoft) which it views as attempts to undermine the purpose and goals of the Free software movement. |
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http://www.cluecan.ca/ - http://www.cluecan.ca/
The Canadian Association for Open Source. |
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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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Tux Deluxe - http://www.tuxdeluxe.org
A web lifestyle magazine with a focus on free software, digital rights and the art and craft of programming for the real world. |
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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. |