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- 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.
- In the Beginning was the Command Line A history of operating systems, by Neal Stephenson, the author of such novels as 'Snow Crash', 'The Diamond Age' and 'Zodiac'.
- 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".
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Wikipedia - Open Source Long article with examples.
- Collaborative Source Software This article presents an approach to combine the best of the Open Source and proprietary software development worlds.
- OpenSource.org: Open Source Definition A definition of the Open Source license for software.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?"
- A Response to Nikolai Bezroukov Eric Raymond's response to Bezroukov's "Open Source Software Development as a Special Type of Academic Research"
- 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.
- 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.
- A Second Look at the Cathedral and Bazaar Another critical review of Eric Raymond's "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."
- 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.
- 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.
- OReilly - Working Without Copyleft Article argues against the necessity of the Free Software movement tenet of copyleft.