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personal page, 3 stars

Richard Stallman's Personal Home Page
Richard Stallman is the founder of the GNU Project, launched in 1984 to develop the free operating system GNU (an acronym for ``GNU's Not Unix''), and thereby give computer users the freedom that most of them have lost. GNU is free software: everyone is free to copy it and redistribute it, as well as to make changes either large or small.

article, 3 stars

Salon21st the free software story
A wonderful collection of articles on Open Source in all its facets.

paper, 2 stars

Business Models for Open Source Hardware
The widely heralded system-on-chip revolution will require the "commoditization" of semiconductor intellectual property, which may in many cases be more efficiently produced in a open source model. This paper will explore those ideas and propose possible business situations in which the open source hardware model could be successful.

paper, 2 stars

Setting Up Shop: The Business of Open Source Software
This document investigates the business of commercial open-source software, including why a company might adopt an open-source model, how open-source licensing works, what business models might be usable for commercial open-source products, what special considerations apply to commercial products released as open source, and how various objections relating to open source might be answered.

university, 2 stars

MIT Open Source
In the spirit of free and open source software (F/OSS), we are attempting to establish a community in which information will be freely exchanged, so that we may further the understanding of open source and its implications outside the realm of software development.

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book, 4 stars

Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman
One of the leading guru's of open source, makes his case for why open source is better than 'closed source,' or proprietary software. Although much of the content is available on the Internet, here it is for sale as a 'closed source' book.

book, 3 stars

Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution
Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution is a fascinating look at the raging debate that is its namesake. Filled with writings from the central players--from Linux creator Linus Torvalds to Perl creator Larry Wall--the book convinces the reader of the overwhelming merits of freeing up the many iterations of software's source code.

book-classic, 3 stars

Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
A series of introductory essays on the open source movement from one of its guru's. Most of this is available for free on the Net, but you can't take it with you to the beach or bathroom. 1999.

conference, 4 stars

EclipseCon
Experience EclipseCon 2006, a technical conference that brings together the Eclipse open source project, community, and ecosystem. The program features keynotes, tutorials, demos, poster sessions, exhibits, and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. Learn and join in with the community and the members of the open source project.

conference, 4 stars

OSCON: Open Source Convention
In the decade since the first O'Reilly Perl Conference, OSCON has been a place for the open source community to gather together and gain momentum. It's also become a place for proprietary software companies to understand what open source has to offer. This year, we're examining how being open influences and informs business, filling in the knowledge gap about what's possible with open source—and how to get it done.

conference, 3 stars

EclipseCon 2008
EclipseCon 2008 has more than 350 tutorials and talks covering all aspects of Eclipse technology and commercial interests. From mobile computing to Eclipse as Platform, from Java to C/C++; from contributing to open source to building a business -- there's something for everyone!

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