Welcome

I hope you enjoyed the program today. As you can tell I’m very passionate about Open Source Software and what it implies for our markets, our economy, and our society. Here you can find some of my references and sources of material about Open Source Software. I’ll continue to add information and notes to this page as I think of things that might be relevant to you. If you have any questions about this information, please Contact Us. Thanks for listening! (You can also make a comment on this page if you would like to give feedback. We love feedback!)

About Wiki

• See the original wiki: http://www.c2.com
• Check out the http://en.wikipedia.org
• A definition: What Is Wiki

Background and History

• Open Source Initiative: The group acting to define and protect the standard of Open Source
• Wikipedia Entry on Open Source
• The Cathedral and The Bazaar, a strong argument for open source that gave us a free web browser
• What would happen without free software? — a very interesting analysis of the things we take for granted about the internet
• The Business Case— why should companies use open source?
• Ten common misunderstandings about the GPL

News and Updates

• Linux World News, a group reporting continuously on developments with Linux, the open source operating system.
• O’Reilly’s Open Source Directory reporting on software and solutions in the stable Open Source world as well as providing downloads
• LXer— Linux News

Places to get Open Source software

• Freshmeat
• Sourceforge
• OS Dir
• BerliOS

Places to get help

• OSDir.com Forums
• LinuxQuestions.org
• FreeNode IRC Network
• Linux Documentation Project
• LinuxForum.com
• LinuxForums.Org