Resources pertaining Articles from our Open Source category

23102 - by Michael Tiemann

A Descriptive Process Model for Open-Source Software Development - by Kim Johnson (student thesis) Explains the competing open source philosophies and development models

A Response to Nikolai Bezroukov - Eric Raymond's response to Bezroukov's "Open Source Software Development as a Special Type of Academic Research"

A Second Look at the Cathedral and Bazaar - Another critical review of Eric Raymond's "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."

Developers using open-source software behind bosses' backs - CNN.com article about the spread of Linux in offices.

Development - This paper makes the political and ethical case for the adoption of free software by Community Aid Abroad and other members of Oxfam International.

Fast Company: Inspired by Work - Eric Raymond interview explaining open source work.

First Monday: Open Source Intelligence - Scientific illustration and analysis of socio-technical approaches that make up a collaborative phenomenon termed Open Source Intelligence

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

Free Source as Free Thought: Architecting Free Standards - This paper calls for the support of open standards and non-proprietary software in civil activities

Government Policy toward Open Source Software - Monograph by Robert W. Hahn

Homer's Open Source Odyssey - Elliot McGucken discusses classical computing and provides a brief history of open source.

How Open Source Development Could Change the Way We Get Things Done - A feature story from the Washington Monthly.

In the Beginning was the Command Line - A history of operating systems

InformationWeek: Is There An Open-Source Solution? - Despite lack of marketing resources

Making it in a Post Windows World - The process transitioning from a Windows to a Linux desktop computer

Musings on open source security models - A good article about how security systems for computers can be better if done the open source way.

Open Source Software and Documents - A Literature and Resource Review - Brief introduction to the Open Source movement

Open-Source Software Development - Addresses the obstacles which OSS must overcome to move from the specialist community to the mainstream.

Open-Source Software Development - Explains the competing open source philosophies and development models

OpenSource.org: Open Source Definition - A definition of the Open Source license for software.

OReilly - Working Without Copyleft - Article argues against the necessity of the Free Software movement tenet of copyleft.

Salon Magazine's collection of Open Source articles - A series of well-written articles

Salon | The Free Software story - Salon's complete coverage of Linux and the Open Source Movement

The Open Source Page - 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

The Register - Open Source is good for America - US military advised - Andrew Orlowski discussing a report commissioned by the US military about open source and free software.

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.

University of Waikato - Usability and Open-Source Software Development - Article exploring open source software usability.

Why 'Free Softare' 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".

ZDNews - A Business Case for Open Source - Article by Michael A. Olson stating that Open source quietly makes a big difference.