Web Directory

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

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

» A Second Look at the Cathedral and Bazaar
   Another critical review of Eric Raymond's "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."
   http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_12/bezroukov/index.html

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

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

» Development, Ethical Trading and Free Software
   This paper makes the political and ethical case for the adoption of free software by Community Aid Abroad and other members of Oxfam International.
   http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_12/yee/index.html

» First Monday: Open Source Intelligence
   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.
   http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_6/stalder/

» Forbes: Letting go of Lego
   "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?"
   http://www.forbes.com/forbes/1999/0809/6403122a.html

» Free Source as Free Thought: Architecting Free Standards
   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.
   http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue5_1/mann/index.html

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

» InformationWeek: Is There An Open-Source Solution?
   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.
   http://www.informationweek.com/817/source.htm

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

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

» OReilly - Working Without Copyleft
   Article argues against the necessity of the Free Software movement tenet of copyleft.
   http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2001/12/12/transition.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

» Salon | The Free Software story
   Salon's complete coverage of Linux and the Open Source Movement
   http://www.salon.com/tech/special/opensource/index.html

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

» The Wall Street Performer Protocol
   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.
   http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_6/rasch/index.html

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

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

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

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