Directory of Advocacy Resources

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The sites here are for people who are interested in the Open Source/Free Software movement.

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• Astronomical Software Wants To Be Free: A Manifesto

  http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.3971
  Paper by Benjamin J. Weiner and co-authors, arguing that the advantages of open-sourcing astronomical software outweigh the drawbacks.

• Atviras Kodas Lietuvai

  http://www.akl.lt/en
  Non-profit public organization that works to promote the usage of Free and Open Source software in Lithuania.

• Berkman Center for Internet and Society

  http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/
  A research program at Harvard Law School founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development.

• BlueObelisk

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/blueobelisk/
  Project to develop resources for chemistry based around the concepts of open data, open standards and open source. Members list, details of activities, mailing list, news, and publications.

• Boycott Novell

  http://boycottnovell.com/
  Discusses exclusionary and questionable deals (such as the deal between Novell and Microsoft) which it views as attempts to undermine the purpose and goals of the Free software movement.

• CLUE

  http://www.cluecan.ca/
  The Canadian Association for Open Source.

• Debian's social contract

  http://www.debian.org/social_contract
  Contains the Debian Free Software Guidelines, which are regarded as compliance rules for free software by many others besides Debian package maintainers.

• Development, Ethical Trading, and Free Software

  http://danny.oz.au/freedom/ip/aidfs.html
  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.

• Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure

  http://www.ffii.org/
  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.

• Free Software Advocacy

  http://danny.oz.au/free-software/
  Focuses on connections between free software and community development and on free software in Australia.

• GNU.org: Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software

  http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
  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.

• Linux Today: Emmett Plant - The Welcome Wagon

  http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-11-09-001-05-NW-SM
  Urges initiative and good manners to promote open source.

• Microsoft Boycott - The Alternative

  http://www.msboycott.com/thealt/
  Index of replacements for Microsoft software, services and hardware. Includes reviews and outside links.

• Open Source Advocacy with Revererend Ted

  http://reverendted.wordpress.com/
  Weblog about the world of Open Source by the guy responsible for building the Novell user community.

• Open Source Community Node

  http://www.libervis.com/
  Community portal providing a discussion forum, articles and blogs.

• Open Source Initiative

  http://www.opensource.org/
  Dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source trademark for the good of the community. Includes a definition of 'Open Source', and a list of approved licenses.

• Open Source Software Institute

  http://www.oss-institute.org/
  Non-profit organization created to promote the adoption of open source solutions within U.S. agencies and academic entities.

• Schoolforge

  http://schoolforge.net/
  An international coalition of organizations fostering free and open resources in and for education.

• Software in the Public Interest, Inc.

  http://www.spi-inc.org/
  A non-profit organization which was founded to help organizations develop and distribute open hardware and software.

• The Cathedral and the Bazaar

  http://catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-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.

• The Halloween Document

  http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/
  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.

• The OpenScience Project

  http://openscience.org/
  The Open Science Project is an Organization devoted to providing open source scientific software.

• User Friendly the Comic Strip

  http://www.userfriendly.org/
  Amusing strip following the antics of Columbia Internet and its employees. Frequently touches on Open Source, Linux, hacker culture, and holy wars.

• WebReference Update: Scholars Discuss Open Code Benefits

  http://www.webreference.com/new/opencode.html
  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 Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers!

  http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html
  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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