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Government Policy toward Open Source Software - http://www.aei.brookings.org/publications/abstract.php?pid=296
Monograph by Robert W. Hahn, with contributions by James Bessen, David S. Evans, and Lawrence Lessig. [PDF] |
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In the Beginning was the Command Line - http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html
A history of operating systems, by Neal Stephenson, the author of such novels as 'Snow Crash', 'The Diamond Age' and 'Zodiac'. |
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Salon | The Free Software story - http://www.salon.com/tech/special/opensource/index.html
Salon's complete coverage of Linux and the Open Source Movement |
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OReilly - Working Without Copyleft - http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2001/12/12/transition.html
Article argues against the necessity of the Free Software movement tenet of copyleft. |
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Free Source as Free Thought: Architecting Free Standards - http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue5_1/mann/index.html
This paper calls for the support of open standards and non-proprietary software in civil activities, such as public education, taxes, and patent and grant proposals. |
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First Monday: Open Source Intelligence - http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_6/stalder/
Scientific illustration and analysis of socio-technical approaches that make up a collaborative phenomenon termed Open Source Intelligence, which goes beyond the collaborative coding of software. |
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UXculture - http://www.uxculture.com/
Weblog exploring the Open Source and related topics dealing with user experience design and its impact on technology, business, and society. Also touches on digital design, business strategy, and the emergence of networked society. |
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A Second Look at the Cathedral and Bazaar - http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_12/bezroukov/index.html
Another critical review of Eric Raymond's "The Cathedral and the Bazaar." |
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Development, Ethical Trading and Free Software - http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_12/yee/index.html
This paper makes the political and ethical case for the adoption of free software by Community Aid Abroad and other members of Oxfam International. |
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The Wall Street Performer Protocol - http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_6/rasch/index.html
This paper sketches out a proposal for the creation of a software completion bond market as a practical implementation of the Street Performer Protocol for the funding of open source software. |