Open Source
Open Source Links
- The first address on Open Source topics is
opensource.org.
Besides the
definition of Open Source
philosophical articles on the Open Source concept are listed, as well as all recognized
Open Source licenses.
New licenses can be approved and registered.
- Software in the Public Interest, SPI
![[ German version ]](/shared/symbole/de_30x21.gif) ,
is a nonprofit making organization, which was founded to support organizations that develop and distribute open software and
open hardware.
- Debian has two projects, the
Debian GNU/Linux
and the
Debian GNU/Hurd
project. Debian is a freely available operating system, which runs on a Linux kernel. Debian has installed
guidelines
for free software. "Open Source" is the brand name for "Free Software".
- Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure
is a nonprofit making organization, supporting project groups working on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Java, interface specification,
norms, lexicon, encyclopedia, fonts and other public beneficial informational publications. Benefit to the public is decided
by our statues on openness of the interface, source code availability and free availability.
- The Free Software Foundation
presents a collection of Open Source software and lists people, organizations and further readings.
- ifrOSS, Institut für Rechtsfragen der Open Source Software
,
(Institute for legal issues of Open Source software)
- The XFree86 project
is a nonprofit making organization, that develops FRee86, an Open Source implementation of the XWindow systems.
- The FreeBSD project
develops a BSD UNIX operating system for PC-compatible computers.
- The
GNU project
was founded in 1984 to develop a completely free unixlike operating system.
- The
Mozilla
project develops an Open Source web browser.
- For
Linux
there exists numerous of relevant web pages. We only present one link here.
- Projekt Gutenberg
,
contains more than 300 classic texts written in German.
Large projects, that developed a license of their own, have had long and intensive discussions among the community of their
developers on license issues.
- TCO VOFI for eLearning Platforms [ .pdf - 60,4KB ]
by Dr. Frank Bensberg and Dipl.-Wirt.Inform. Blasius Lofi Dewanto · University of Münster
- Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)?
by David A. Wheeler. This paper provides quantitative data that, in many cases, using open source software / free
software is a reasonable or even superior approach to using their proprietary competition according to various measures.
This paper´s goal is to show that you should consider using OSS/FS when acquiring software.
- Open Sources
- Voices from the Open Source Revolution, Book on Open Source Software, with contributions from Linus Torvalds, Larry
Wall, Bruce Perens, Eric S. Raymond, Tim O´Reilly, Richard Stallman u.a.; In Open Sources, leaders of Open Source
come together in print for the first time to discuss the new vision of the software industry they have created, through
essays that explain how the movement works, why it succeeds, and where it is going. A powerful vision from the
movement's spiritual leaders, this book reveals the mysteries of how open development builds better software and how
businesses can leverage freely available software for a competitive business advantage.
- The Cathedral & the Bazaar:
Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary By Eric S. Raymond; After Red Hat's stunning IPO, even
people outside the computer industry have now heard of Linux and Open Source software. This book contains the essays,
originally published online, that led to Netscape's decision to release their browser as Open Source, put Linus
Torvalds on the cover of Forbes Magazine and Microsoft on the defensive, and helped Linux to rock the world of
commercial software. These essays have been expanded and revised for this edition, and are in print for the first time.
- TELEPOLIS
is a "magazine of net culture ", a German internet magazine of the Heise publishers.
- The BerliOS Project:
The main goal of BerliOS is to support the different interest groups in the area of Open Source Software (OSS) and
thereby to offer a neutral mediator function. The target groups of BerliOS are on one hand the developers and users of
Open Source Software and on the other hand commercial manufacturers of OSS operating systems and applications as well
as support companies.
Personalities in the free software / Open Source community
- Richard Stallman
is the founder of the Free Software Foundation and of the GNU projects. He initiated the free software movement during
the eighties and is regarded from many people as the farther of the free software/Open Source movement.
- Linus Torvalds
is the original author and the primary responsible person for the linux kernel.
- Larry Wall
is the author of Perl, a popular language to implement internet scripts.
- Eric Raymond
is the author of the famous paper:
"The Cathedral and the Bazaar"
and he established the term: "Open Source".
- Bruce Perens
is the editor of the Debian Free Software Guidelines and the Open Source definition, which are acknowledged as laws
from the community.
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