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Bishamon-tenno's Open Source Page
Open source programming enthusiast offers news articles, features about different flavors of BSD, and various downloadable programs.
http://www.geocities.com/bishamon_tenno/
Development, Ethical Trading, and Free Software
Read a lengthy report of about the state of open source coding and software programming. Includes a version in French.
http://danny.oz.au/freedom/ip/aidfs.html
Development, Ethical Trading, and Free Software
Danny Yee provides an in-depth article taking a look at the advantages of open source distributions, as well as the drawbacks to retail commercialization.
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_12/yee/
Free Patents
Learn about this group which rallies to keep patent laws on software from entering Europe. Browse a history of the group, and examples of what they're against.
http://www.freepatents.org/
Free Software Advocacy
Australian guide offers different resources for industry and open source news, book reviews, white papers, editorials, and downloadable programs.
http://danny.oz.au/free-software/
Free Software Foundation Europe
Check out different ongoing programming and open source projects, read industry news, browse articles and white papers, and join discussions.
http://www.fsfeurope.org/
Free Software Story
Check out a variety of articles discussing the open source movement. Includes an archive back-dated through 1998.
http://www.salon.com/tech/special/opensource/
Free Source as Free Thought
Steve Mann discusses different reason why he supports the open source software distribution movement. Includes recommended resources.
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue5_1/mann/
Halloween Documents, The
Read an article discussing different business practices used by Microsoft, and why the author doesn't care too much for them.
http://www.opensource.org/halloween/
History of the OSI
Check out a background story concerning the Open Source Initiative. Provides numerous recommended articles, white papers, reports, and resources.
http://www.opensource.org/docs/history.html
Making it in a Post Microsoft World
Steve Litt discusses the state of open source software development and distribution. Originally published in June 2000.
http://www.troubleshooters.com/tpromag/200006/200006.htm
Open Source and These United States
C. Justin Seiferth provides an in-depth article discussing the different aspects of open source programming.
http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/mondo/841/documents/99-184.html
Open Source Definition, The
Check out requirements that must be met before a piece of software or source code can officially label itself "open source."
http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition_plain.html
Open Source Projects and Apple
The manufacturers of the Macintosh line of computer systems provide a library of downloadable open source codes and programs.
http://www.publicsource.apple.com/
Open4Success
Linux enthusiast provides various articles and resources covering the phenomenon of open source coding. Check out honorable Linux advocates.
http://www.open4success.com/
Opencode.org
Learn about open source laws, read frequently asked questions with answers, check out articles, and join discussion forums.
http://eon.law.harvard.edu/opencode/
OpenDeveloper.org
Check out numerous articles and tutorials for programming within different open source languages. Includes support for various flavors of Linux.
http://www.opendeveloper.org/
Second Look at The Cathedral and the Bazaar, A
Nikolai Bezroukov takes an in-depth look at Eric Raymond's white paper, and analyses its strengths and weaknesses. Includes footnotes.
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_12/bezroukov/
Tom Alsberg's Online Freedom and Liberty
Open source enthusiast discusses the different reasons he supports the cause. Find news articles, recommended reading, and suggested resources.
http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~alsbergt/freedom/
Vovida.org
Locate different open source resources, downloadable applications and code, suggested links, documentation, and discussion forums.
http://www.vovida.org/
Wall Street Performer Protocol, The
Chris Rasch offers an piece that takes a look at the article titled, "The Street Performer Protocol and Digital Copyrights." Includes footnotes.
http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue6_6/rasch/
Why Free Software is better than Open Source
Check out an article written by a group of individuals who wish to abandon the term "open source" because of its ambiguity.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html

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