Knowledge: advocacy
See Also:
- science → social sciences → psychology → social → internet psychology
- society → issues → intellectual property
Links
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The OpenScience Project
http://openscience.org - The Open Science Project is an Organization devoted to providing open source scientific software.
- 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.
- Free Software Advocacy
http://danny.oz.au/free-software/ - Focuses on connections between free software and community development and on free software in Australia.
- Bishamon-tenno's Open Source Page
http://www.geocities.com/bishamon_tenno/ - Explains one person's experiences with open source.
- 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.
- 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.
- WebReference Update: Scholars Discuss Open Code Benefits
http://www.webreference.com/new/opencode.html - 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.
- Tom Alsberg's online freedom/liberty page
http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~alsbergt/freedom/ - Personal page regarding free software and online freedom in general.
- Arctic Penguin Open Source Solutions
http://www.arcticpenguin.ca/ - Contains some informative articles about Open Source software, success stories, and news
- 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.
- Nonprofit Open Source Initiative
http://www.nosi.net - Promotes adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) in the nonprofit/NGO sector.
- 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.
- 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.
- Open Source Advisory Service
http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/ - Provides guidance about free and open source software, and about related standards.
- Open Source Community Node
http://www.libervis.com - Community portal providing a discussion forum, articles and blogs.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Armenian Open Source Software Portal
http://www.opensourcearmenia.com/ - A project aimed at developing technologies through endorsing the advantages of Open Source. Supported by international private, public and academic institutions and run by the Union of IT Enterprises.
- Logic-Box
http://www.logic-box.com/ - An portal covering and advocating the open source movement, software and new developments. Includes forum, news, articles, downloads and related resources.
- Open Source Advocacy with Revererend Ted
http://reverendted.wordpress.com/ - Blog about the world of Open Source by the guy responsible for building the Novell user community.
- The Halloween Document
http://www.catb.org/~esr/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.
- Newsforge: Anti-Open Source Lobbyists Need Love, Too
http://www.newsforge.com/business/02/10/25/056218.shtml?tid=19 - Article describing the philosophy and hidden agenda of anti-open source think tanks.
- Go Open Source
http://www.go-opensource.org/ - South African Open Source awareness campaign promoting Open Source software within households and small businesses.
- CLUE
http://www.cluecan.ca/ - The Canadian Association for Open Source.
- Open Source Notebook
http://opensource-notebook.com/ - A weblog by Daniel Aleksandersen about free software, free speech, GNU/Linux, and online privacy.
- Europa Union - Information Society
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/opensource/ - Provides a brief introduction to open source software, applications, programs, and case studies.
- Free Software Shop
http://freesoftwareshop.org/forum/ - Information about Free Software movement for novices.
- Linux Today: Emmett Plant - The Welcome Wagon
http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-11-09-001-05-NW-SM - Urges initiative and good manners to promote open source.
- 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.
- Support-FreeSoftware.org
http://www.support-freesoftware.org - A small community site containing a blog and tutorials.
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