Resources pertaining Advocacy from our Open Source category

A Linux Advacate's Resource - This site includes numerous links and original content useful for Linux avocacy

Apple - Public Source - Home of all Open Source Projects at Apple Computer.

Arctic Penguin Open Source Solutions - Contains some informative articles about Open Source software

Asian Open Source Centre - News and promotion of open source activities in Asia.

Atviras Kodas Lietuvai - Non-profit public organization that works to promote the usage of Free and Open Source software in Lithuania.

Bishamon-tenno's Open Source Page - Explains one person's experiences with open source.

Debian's social contract - Contains the Debian Free Software Guidelines

Development - 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.

Europa Union - Information Society - Provides a brief introduction to open source software

Free Software Advocacy - Focuses on connections between free software and community development and on free software in Australia.

Free Software Consortium - Promote free software and related services.

Free Software Foundation (FSF) - Non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating restrictions on copying

Free Software Foundation Europe - Web site of the FSF Europe

Free Software Shop - Information about Free Software movement for novices.

Freshmeat - Unix and related software in all stages of development. Daily release announcements. Not restricted to open-source software.

Go Open Source - South African Open Source awareness campaign promoting Open Source software within households and small businesses.

Home--Berkman Center for Internet and Society - A research program advocating the openness of the Internet.

International Open Source Network - A United Nations Development Programme advocacy site for free and open source software

IP Wars - Examining

Linux Today: Emmett Plant - The Welcome Wagon - Urges initiative and good manners to promote open source.

Microsoft Boycott - The Alternative - Index of replacements for Microsoft software

mozilla.org - Home of Mozilla

MozillaZine - General information on the Open Source Netscape project.

Newsforge - Anti-Open Source Lobbyists Need Love - Article describing the philosophy and hidden agenda of anti-open source think tanks.

Nonprofit Open Source Initiative - Promotes adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) in the nonprofit/NGO sector.

Open Source Advisory Service - Provides guidance about free and open source software

Open Source and These United States - by C. Justin Seiferth

Open Source Community Node - Community portal providing a discussion forum

Open Source Software Institute - Non-profit organization created to promote the adoption of open source solutions within U.S. agencies and academic entities.

Open Source Software: The Future of Software Development in Pharmaceutical Companies - Final year project for the MSc in Management at the University of Bath's School of Management by James Clary & Valerio Motti

OpenCode - Promotes open software

OpenDeveloper.org -- Building Open Sites - A resource for building Open Source Web sites

Opensource.ac.uk - A site devoted to the role of Open Source software within the UK academic community.

Promote Opensource.org - Dedicated to advocating the use of open source and free software.

Social Software - 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.

Software in the Public Interest - A non-profit organization which was founded to help organizations develop and distribute open hardware and software.

The Cathedral and the Bazaar - Eric S. Raymond's seminal paper analysing why open source works so well; followup papers "Homesteading the Noosphere"

The Halloween Document - Microsoft are getting very worried indeed about competition from Open Source Software such as Linux. This leaked internal memo

The OpenScience Project - The Open Science Project is an Organization devoted to providing open source scientific software.

Tom Alsberg's online freedom/liberty page - Personal page regarding free software and online freedom in general.

User Friendly the Comic Strip - Amusing strip following the antics of Columbia Internet and its employees. Frequently touches on Open Source

Vovida.org - Communications community site dedicated to providing a forum for open source software used in datacom and telecom environments.

WebReference Update: Scholars Discuss Open Code Benefits - 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.

Why Commercial Software Makes no Sense - A paper on why supporting proprietary commercial software

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