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• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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
  
• - News and promotion of open source activities in Asia.
  
• - Personal page regarding free software and online freedom in general.
  
• - Dedicated to advocating the use of open source and free software.
  
• - Non-profit organization created to promote the adoption of open source solutions within U.S. agencies and academic entities.
  
• - General information on the Open Source Netscape project.
  
• - Discusses how laws, politicans and big companies allegedly conspire to stifle innovation and restrict knowledge to the detriment of open source software.
  
• - by C. Justin Seiferth, Maj USAF; a study for the Air Command and Staff College Air University. Military implications of Open Licenses.
  
• - This site includes numerous links and original content useful for Linux avocacy, especially to corporate customers.
  
• - Index of replacements for Microsoft software, services and hardware. Includes reviews and outside links.
  
• - Examining, chronicling, and battling the censorship attempts of intellectual property laws.
  
• - Communications community site dedicated to providing a forum for open source software used in datacom and telecom environments.
  
• - Urges initiative and good manners to promote open source.
  
• - The Open Source Initiative is dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source trademark for the good of the community. The phrase `open source' has been registered as a certification mark. You can examine the Open Source Definition, which defines some
  
• - A non-profit organization which was founded to help organizations develop and distribute open hardware and software.
  
• - Non-profit public organization that works to promote the usage of Free and Open Source software in Lithuania.
  
• - A United Nations Development Programme advocacy site for free and open source software, focused on the Asia-Pacific region.
  
• - Promotes open software, research, and content in cyberspace. Includes a reference archive of some open licenses used by other organizations.
  
• - Linux and open source advocacy for the enterprise user.
  
• - Explains one person's experiences with open source.
  
• - Information about Free Software movement for novices.
  
• - The Open Science Project is an Organization devoted to providing open source scientific software.
  
• - A research program advocating the openness of the Internet.
  
• - Home of all Open Source Projects at Apple Computer.
  
• - A site devoted to the role of Open Source software within the UK academic community.
  
• - Article describing the philosophy and hidden agenda of anti-open source think tanks.
  
• - Contains some informative articles about Open Source software, success stories, and news
  
• - Final year project for the MSc in Management at the University of Bath's School of Management by James Clary & Valerio Motti
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Amusing strip following the antics of Columbia Internet and its employees. Frequently touches on Open Source, Linux, hacker culture, and holy wars.
  
• - A paper on why supporting proprietary commercial software, as typified by current software vendors, is inherently an illogical process.
  
• - Home of Mozilla, the Netscape based open source browser.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Contains the Debian Free Software Guidelines, which are regarded as compliance rules for free software by many others besides Debian package maintainers.
  
• - South African Open Source awareness campaign promoting Open Source software within households and small businesses.
  
• - Provides guidance about free and open source software, and about related standards.
  
• - Focuses on connections between free software and community development and on free software in Australia.
  
• - Community portal providing a discussion forum, articles and blogs.
  
• - Promote free software and related services.
  
• - Promotes adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) in the nonprofit/NGO sector.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Provides a brief introduction to open source software, applications, programs, and case studies.