In-depth review and analysis of the many
quantitative reasons to use open source software, with statistics from a variety of recent surveys.
danny.oz.au/free-software/index.html
A United Nations Development Programme advocacy site for free and
open source software, focused on the Asia-Pacific region. Includes forum, news, articles, downloads
and related resources.
OpenCode
The GPL Violations Project
Includes profile, news and events.
openness typified
Focuses on
connections between free software and community development and on free software in Australia.
Home
--Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Microsoft Boycott - The Alternative
The Open Source Page
www.opensource
.org/
politicans webreference
Includes recommendations on productivity software and various Linux distributions.Information about
Free Software movement for novices.
www.ip-wars.net
leaked illogical
www.ageofignorance.com/
Explains one person`s experiences
with open source. Includes reviews and outside links.Article describing the philosophy and hidden agenda
of anti-open source think tanks.
Open Source Software Institute
Non-profit organization created to promote
the adoption of open source solutions within U.
skyscraper.fortunecity.com/mondo/841/documents/99-184
.html
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.
www.softwarefreedomday.org/
The Open Source Initiative
is dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source trademark for the good of the community. You
can examine the Open Source Definition, which defines some essential properties that Open Source licenses
will have.Home of Mozilla, the Netscape based open source browser.
ignorance illogical
www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html
Makes
political and ethical case for adopting free software by Community Aid Abroad and other members of Oxfam
International.South African Open Source awareness campaign promoting Open Source software within households
and small businesses.
IP Wars
www.opensource.org/halloween/
The Open Science Project is an Organization
devoted to providing open source scientific software.Communications community site dedicated to providing
a forum for open source software used in datacom and telecom environments.
vovida lietuvai
Supported by international
private, public and academic institutions and run by the Union of IT Enterprises.
go-opensource.org.za
/
Nonprofit Open Source Initiative
S.A global effort to promote the use of free and Open Source software
.
webreference detriment
Armenian Open Source Software Portal
Promote free software and related services.
Free Software Foundation
Europe
Web site of the FSF Europe, an organization dedicated to Free Software activities in Europe.
redistributing fsf
Why
Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers!
Arctic Penguin Open Source Solutions
Articles, tutorials and reviews of open source software for home and commercial users.
Europa Union -
Information Society
GNU Project was begun to develop a complete free Unix-like operating system.
www
.FreeSoftwareShop.com/
A research program advocating the openness of the Internet.
Mark Hinkle`s Linux
and Open Source Blog
www.mozillazine.org/
Why Commercial Software Makes no Sense
tenno illogical
danny.oz.au/freedom/ip
/aidfs.html
Free Software Advocacy
Linux Today: Emmett Plant - The Welcome Wagon
Social Software
The Cathedral
and the Bazaar
The phrase `open source` has been registered as a certification mark.
ieee.uow.edu.au
/~mjp16/misc/commercial_software.html
tenno endorsing
Contains some informative articles about Open Source software, success
stories, and news
www.computefree.com/
www.iosn.net
www.msboycott.com/thealt/
Newsforge - Anti-Open Source
Lobbyists Need Love, Too
by C.Microsoft are getting very worried indeed about competition from Open Source
Software such as Linux.
mozilla.org
lietuvai leaked
Contains the Debian Free Software Guidelines, which are regarded as
compliance rules for free software by many others besides Debian package maintainers.
Free Software Consortium
fsfeurope.org
Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
Eric S.
homesteading detriment
A project aimed at developing technologies through
endorsing the advantages of Open Source.
newsforge.com/newsforge/02/10/25/056218.shtml?tid=19
Promotes
adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) in the nonprofit/NGO sector.
www.libervis.com
www.opencode.org
/
Raising public awareness about past and present infringement of GPL licensed software.
mozilla.org
lietuvai fsf
developer
.apple.com/darwin/
www.arcticpenguin.ca/
www.gnu.org/
International Open Source Network
www.oss-watch.ac
.uk/
Provides guidance about free and open source software, and about related standards.Community portal
providing a discussion forum, articles and blogs.
OpenDeveloper.org -- Building Open Sites
org is an independent
Web site about open source development of Web sites -- by the community, for the community.
catb.org
/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/
illogical openscience
Apple - Public Source
Free Software Shop
Linux and open source advocacy
for the enterprise user.Index of replacements for Microsoft software, services and hardware.
www.cs.huji
.ac.il/~alsbergt/freedom/
WebReference Update: Scholars Discuss Open Code Benefits
alsberg politicans
Discusses how laws,
politicans and big companies allegedly conspire to stifle innovation and restrict knowledge to the detriment
of open source software.
ComputeFree
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.
Go Open Source
detriment vovida
Home of all Open Source Projects at Apple Computer.
Debian`s social contract
linuxtoday
.com/stories/12110.html
Promotes open software, research, and content in cyberspace.
socialsoftware.org
/
The Halloween Document
This leaked internal memo, courtesy of Eric Raymond, reveals all -- including
the extreme lengths Microsoft is willing to go to squash its competition.
The OpenScience Project
www
.userfriendly.org/
Amusing strip following the antics of Columbia Internet and its employees.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.
tenno alsberg
News and promotion of open source activities in Asia.
Atviras Kodas
Lietuvai
www.debian.org/social_contract
Non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating restrictions
on copying, redistributing, understanding, and modifying computer programs.
MozillaZine
Open Source Advisory
Service
Software Freedom Day
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.
Tom Alsberg`s online freedom/liberty
page
tenno qualifies
Asian Open Source Centre
www.akl.lt/en
hinkle redistributing
www.geocities.com/bishamon_tenno/
europa.eu.int/information_society
/activities/opensource/
Free Software Foundation (FSF), GNU Project
Urges initiative and good manners to
promote open source.
mark.linuxworld.com
openscience.org
User Friendly the Comic Strip
openscience endorsing
www.asiaosc.org
Provides
a brief introduction to open source software, applications, programs, and case studies.An portal covering
and advocating the open source movement, software and new developments.
Open Source Community Node
www
.oss-institute.org
agencies and academic entities. OpenDeveloper. Frequently touches on Open Source
, Linux, hacker culture, and holy wars.
www.webreference.com/new/opencode.html
lietuvai vovida
www.opensourcearmenia.com
/
General information on the Open Source Netscape project.
www.spi-inc.org/
Vovida.org
maintainers ignorance
cyber.law.harvard
.edu/
Logic-Box
Includes a reference archive of some open licenses used by other organizations.
www.opendeveloper
.org/
Lists forthcoming events, news, forum, gallery and contributing teams.Personal page regarding free
software and online freedom in general.A paper on why supporting proprietary commercial software, as
typified by current software vendors, is inherently an illogical process.
endorsing ignorance
Non-profit public organization
that works to promote the usage of Free and Open Source software in Lithuania.
newsforge ignorance
Age of Ignorance
Development
, Ethical Trading, and Free Software
Applies generally to development agencies and other groups with
like values.
www.fsc.cc
Justin Seiferth, Maj USAF; a study for the Air Command and Staff College Air
University. Military implications of Open Licenses.
www.gpl-violations.org/
detriment alsberg
Bishamon-tenno`s Open Source
Page
Examining, chronicling, and battling the censorship attempts of intellectual property laws.
www.logic
-box.com/
www.nosi.net
Open Source and These United States
A resource for building Open Source Web sites
, covering Linux, BSD, Apache, MySQL, PHP, and Perl.A non-profit organization which was founded to help
organizations develop and distribute open hardware and software. You can read about software that qualifies
and our branding program.
www.vovida.org/
lietuvai qualifies
A community sponsored library.
