Advocacy
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- Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers!
- 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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- Debian's social contract
- 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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- Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure
- Dedicated to establishing a free market in information technology, by the removal of barriers to competition and working towards sane patent systems and open standards.
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- Free Software Advocacy
- Focuses on connections between free software and community development and on free software in Australia.
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- GNU.org: Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software
- Explains the difference between "Free Software" described as a social movement focusing on freedom and "Open Source" described as a development methodology. By Richard Stallman, the founder of the Free Software Foundation.
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- Infinite Hands
- A filk song about a part of the history of free software - from the beginnings in the MIT labs over sold out code, GNU, Linux and the GPLv3.
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- Open Source Advocacy with Revererend Ted
- Weblog about the world of Open Source by the guy responsible for building the Novell user community.
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- Open Source Software Institute
- Non-profit organization created to promote the adoption of open source solutions within U.S. agencies and academic entities.
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- Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
- A non-profit organization which was founded to help organizations develop and distribute open hardware and software.
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- The Cathedral and the 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.
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- The GPL Violations Project
- Raising public awareness about past and present infringement of GPL licensed software. Includes profile, news and events.
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- The Halloween Document
- 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
- 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. (November 30, 1999)
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