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A Legal Issues Primer for Open Source and Free Software Projects - http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/foss-primer.html The Software Freedom Law Center's introduction to the legal issues surrounding the use of FOSS.

A Response to Nikolai Bezroukov - http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_11/raymond/index.html Eric Raymond's response to Bezroukov's "Open Source Software Development as a Special Type of Academic Research"

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."

Collaborative Source Software - http://www.methodsandtools.com/archive/archive.php?id=11 This article presents an approach to combine the best of the Open Source and proprietary software development worlds.

Developers using open-source software behind bosses' backs - http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/05/05/open.source.smugglers.idg/ CNN.com article about the spread of Linux in offices.

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.

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.

Forbes: Letting go of Lego - http://www.forbes.com/forbes/1999/0809/6403122a.html "Hackers crack the code of a new chip and post the design secrets on the Web. The chip's maker, instead of suing, holds fire. What gives?"

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.

How Open Source Development Could Change the Way We Get Things Done - http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2000/0003.thompson.html A feature story from the Washington Monthly.

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'.

InformationWeek: Is There An Open-Source Solution? - http://www.informationweek.com/817/source.htm Despite lack of marketing resources, more businesses are discovering and deploying open-source software in their back offices. Support has improved, capable tools quickly become the standard by which commercial products are measured.

Making it in a Post Windows World - http://www.troubleshooters.com/tpromag/200006/200006.htm The process transitioning from a Windows to a Linux desktop computer, step by step setup instructions for a dialup account, and VNC.

Monochrom: Some Code To Die For - http://www.monochrom.at/codetodiefor/ On the Birth of the Free Software Movement in 1887. The author compares new code to the constructed language Esperanto.

Open Source Software and Documents - A Literature and Resource Review - http://www.omar.org/opensource/litreview/ Brief introduction to the Open Source movement, provides a review of books, sites, and topics.

Open Source Strategies - http://www.opensourcestrategies.org/ Compilation of information relating to open source business models and strategies. Includes recommended books and related links.

Open-Source Software Development, by Kim Johnson - http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/computer-article-open-source.html Explains the competing open source philosophies and development models, with examples of popular open source projects such as Linux, Apache, KDE and Python.

OpenSource.org: Open Source Definition - http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd A definition of the Open Source license for software.

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.

PerlStalker's SysAdmin Notes and Tools - http://perlstalker.amigo.net/ How-to's, documentation and various tools for administrating Open Source servers in an ISP environment.

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

Salon Magazine's collection of Open Source articles - http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/12/11list.html A series of well-written articles, knowledgeable yet understandable.

Study on the Economic Impact of Open Source Software on Innovation and the Competitiveness of the Information and Communication Technologies Sector in the EU - http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/doc/2006-11-20-flossimpact.pdf Report from a study funded for the European Commission on the economics of FLOSS. Findings include that in almost all cases long-term costs could be reduced by switching from proprietary software.

The Register: Open Source is Good for America - US Military Advised - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/10/29/open_source_is_good/ Andrew Orlowski discusses a report commissioned by the US military about open source and free software.

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.

Why 'Free Software' is Better Than 'Open Source' - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html An essay from the Free Software Foundation arguing that the term "free software" is a better choice than the term "open source".

Why Free Software has Poor Usability, and How to Improve It - http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2008/08/01/free-software-usability Essay by Matthew Paul Thomas, discussing the origins of common problems with constructive suggestions to address them.

Wikipedia - Open Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source Long article with examples.

ZDNews - A Business Case for Open Source - http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-122648.html Article by Michael A. Olson stating that Open source quietly makes a big difference.

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