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Free Software Foundation Europe
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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.
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Open Source and These United States
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by C. Justin Seiferth, Maj USAF; a study for the Air Command and Staff College Air University. Military implications of Open Licenses.
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mozilla.org
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Home of Mozilla, the Netscape based open source browser.
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Linux Today: Emmett Plant - The Welcome Wagon
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Urges initiative and good manners to promote open source.
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The OpenScience Project
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The Open Science Project is an Organization devoted to providing open source scientific software.
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OpenCode
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Promotes open software, research, and content in cyberspace. Includes a reference archive of some open licenses used by other organizations.
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Free Software Shop
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Information about Free Software movement for novices.
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Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers!
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In-depth review and analysis of the many quantitative reasons to use open source software, with statistics from a variety of recent surveys.
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Free Software Advocacy
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Focuses on connections between free software and community development and on free software in Australia.
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Bishamon-tenno's Open Source Page
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Explains one person's experiences with open source.
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OpenDeveloper.org -- Building Open Sites
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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.
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The Halloween Document
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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.
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Development, Ethical Trading, and Free Software
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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.
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WebReference Update: Scholars Discuss Open Code Benefits
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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.
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Tom Alsberg's online freedom/liberty page
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Personal page regarding free software and online freedom in general.
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Arctic Penguin Open Source Solutions
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Contains some informative articles about Open Source software, success stories, and news
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Debian's social contract
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Contains the Debian Free Software Guidelines, which are regarded as compliance rules for free software by many others besides Debian package maintainers.
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The Cathedral and the Bazaar
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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.
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Social Software
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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.
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Asian Open Source Centre
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News and promotion of open source activities in Asia.
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Newsforge - Anti-Open Source Lobbyists Need Love, Too
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Article describing the philosophy and hidden agenda of anti-open source think tanks.
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Microsoft Boycott - The Alternative
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Index of replacements for Microsoft software, services and hardware. Includes reviews and outside links.
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Europa Union - Information Society
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Provides a brief introduction to open source software, applications, programs, and case studies.
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Nonprofit Open Source Initiative
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Promotes adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) in the nonprofit/NGO sector.
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International Open Source Network
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A United Nations Development Programme advocacy site for free and open source software, focused on the Asia-Pacific region.
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Open Source Advisory Service
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Provides guidance about free and open source software, and about related standards.
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Go Open Source
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South African Open Source awareness campaign promoting Open Source software within households and small businesses.
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Why Commercial Software Makes no Sense
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A paper on why supporting proprietary commercial software, as typified by current software vendors, is inherently an illogical process.
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Free Software Consortium
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Promote free software and related services.
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Open Source Community Node
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Community portal providing a discussion forum, articles and blogs.
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Atviras Kodas Lietuvai
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Non-profit public organization that works to promote the usage of Free and Open Source software in Lithuania.
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IP Wars
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Examining, chronicling, and battling the censorship attempts of intellectual property laws.
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Open Source Software Institute
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Non-profit organization created to promote the adoption of open source solutions within U.S. agencies and academic entities.
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Age of Ignorance
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Discusses how laws, politicans and big companies allegedly conspire to stifle innovation and restrict knowledge to the detriment of open source software.
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Mark Hinkle's Linux and Open Source Blog
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Linux and open source advocacy for the enterprise user.
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Software Freedom Day
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A global effort to promote the use of free and Open Source software. Lists forthcoming events, news, forum, gallery and contributing teams.
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The GPL Violations Project
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Raising public awareness about past and present infringement of GPL licensed software. Includes profile, news and events.
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Armenian Open Source Software Portal
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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.
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Logic-Box
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An portal covering and advocating the open source movement, software and new developments. Includes forum, news, articles, downloads and related resources.
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ComputeFree
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Articles, tutorials and reviews of open source software for home and commercial users. Includes recommendations on productivity software and various Linux distributions.
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Bopen
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Promotes Open Source software use in business through independent review and opinion. Lists top products and the latest news.
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MSBC's The Alternative
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Replacements for Microsoft software, services and hardware. Includes reviews and outside links.
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The Armenian Open Source Community Portal
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Aims to develop a community of IT professionals, students, and entrepreneurs. Includes the list of projects, members, forums, and answers to frequently asked questions.
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