Articles

Salon | The Free Software story - Salon's complete coverage of Linux and the Open Source Movement
http://www.salon.com/tech/special/opensource/index.html

Why 'Free Software' 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".
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html

OpenSource.org: Open Source Definition - A definition of the Open Source license for software.
http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd

Making it in a Post Windows World - The process transitioning from a Windows to a Linux desktop computer, step by step setup instructions for a dialup account, and VNC.
http://www.troubleshooters.com/tpromag/200006/200006.htm

Free Source as Free Thought: Architecting Free Standards - This paper calls for the support of open standards and non-proprietary software in civil activities, such as public education, taxes, and patent and grant proposals.
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue5_1/mann/index.html

Monochrom: Some Code To Die For - On the Birth of the Free Software Movement in 1887. The author compares new code to the constructed language Esperanto.
http://www.monochrom.at/codetodiefor/

Open Source Software and Documents - A Literature and Resource Review - Brief introduction to the Open Source movement, provides a review of books, sites, and topics.
http://www.omar.org/opensource/litreview/

A Response to Nikolai Bezroukov - Eric Raymond's response to Bezroukov's "Open Source Software Development as a Special Type of Academic Research"
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_11/raymond/index.html

OReilly - Working Without Copyleft - Article argues against the necessity of the Free Software movement tenet of copyleft. <small>(December 19, 2001)</small>
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2001/12/12/transition.html

Developers using open-source software behind bosses' backs - CNN.com article about the spread of Linux in offices. <small>(May 5, 2000)</small>
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/05/05/open.source.smugglers.idg/

Collaborative Source Software - This article presents an approach to combine the best of the Open Source and proprietary software development worlds.
http://www.methodsandtools.com/archive/archive.php?id=11

InformationWeek: Is There An Open-Source Solution? - Despite lack of marketing resources, more businesses are discovering and deploying open-source software in their back offices. Support has improved, capable tools quickly become the standard by which commercial products are measured. <small>(December 18, 2000)</small>
http://www.informationweek.com/817/source.htm

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, instead of suing, holds fire. What gives?" <small>(August 9, 1999)</small>
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/1999/0809/6403122a.html

Why Free Software has Poor Usability, and How to Improve It - Essay by Matthew Paul Thomas, discussing the origins of common problems with constructive suggestions to address them. <small>(August 1, 2008)</small>
http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2008/08/01/free-software-usability

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.
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_6/rasch/index.html

Development, Ethical Trading and Free Software - This paper makes the political and ethical case for the adoption of free software by Community Aid Abroad and other members of Oxfam International.
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_12/yee/index.html

A Legal Issues Primer for Open Source and Free Software Projects - The Software Freedom Law Center's introduction to the legal issues surrounding the use of FOSS.
http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/foss-primer.html

Open Source Strategies - Compilation of information relating to open source business models and strategies. Includes recommended books and related links.
http://www.opensourcestrategies.org/

Wikipedia - Open Source - Long article with examples.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source

First Monday: Open Source Intelligence - Scientific illustration and analysis of socio-technical approaches that make up a collaborative phenomenon termed Open Source Intelligence, which goes beyond the collaborative coding of software. <small>(May 20, 2002)</small>
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_6/stalder/

UXculture - Weblog exploring the Open Source and related topics dealing with user experience design and its impact on technology, business, and society. Also touches on digital design, business strategy, and the emergence of networked society.
http://www.uxculture.com/

ZDNews - A Business Case for Open Source - Article by Michael A. Olson stating that Open source quietly makes a big difference. <small>(May 8, 2002)</small>
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-902087.html

How Open Source Development Could Change the Way We Get Things Done - A feature story from the Washington Monthly. <small>(March 1, 2000)</small>
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2000/0003.thompson.html

Study on the Economic Impact of Open Source Software on Innovation and the Competitiveness of the Information and Communication Technologies Sector in the EU - Report from a study funded for the European Commission on the economics of FLOSS. Findings include that in almost all cases long-term costs could be reduced by switching from proprietary software. [PDF] <small>(November 20, 2006)</small>
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/doc/2006-11-20-flossimpact.pdf

Open-Source Software Development, by Kim Johnson - Explains the competing open source philosophies and development models, with examples of popular open source projects such as Linux, Apache, KDE and Python.
http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/computer-article-open-source.html

The Register: Open Source is Good for America - US Military Advised - Andrew Orlowski discusses a report commissioned by the US military about open source and free software. <small>(October 29, 2002)</small>
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/10/29/open_source_is_good/

PerlStalker's SysAdmin Notes and Tools - How-to's, documentation and various tools for administrating Open Source servers in an ISP environment.
http://perlstalker.amigo.net/

A Second Look at the Cathedral and Bazaar - Another critical review of Eric Raymond's "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_12/bezroukov/index.html

Salon Magazine's collection of Open Source articles - A series of well-written articles, knowledgeable yet understandable.
http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/12/11list.html