Free Software movement: Resources on Free Software Movement

The Free Software Movement Info – from Wikipedia – a rather short introduction to FSM, by Wikipedia standards. A more comprehensive version is found at Wikipedia’s Free Software Portal. This portal provides references to an excellent list of software applications under the GNU license in over 25 categories/domains, the content are also available in Deutsch, Français & Español. Also provides web resources for the legal aspects of free software movement, links to people, projects & groups, & a list of operating systems under GNU. The portal page is an excellent starting point to those wishing to get up to speed on FSM

The GNU Manifesto (Originally appeared here: Dr Dobbs Journal of Software Tools) - The GNU Manifesto, as was originally written by Richard Stallman at the beginning of the GNU Project, to ask for participation and support. Notable quote from the manifesto, by Richard Stallman, on “Why I Must Write GNU” – “I consider that the golden rule requires that if I like a program I must share it with other people who like it. Software sellers want to divide the users and conquer them, making each user agree not to share with others. I refuse to break solidarity with other users in this way. I cannot in good conscience sign a nondisclosure agreement or a software license agreement.”

(Interesting links found from looking for similar pages from search engines: Creative Commons, Stallman.org – Richard Stallman’s Home Page)

The Free Software Movement – Anarchism in Action, from IndyMedia, UK - What are the implications of the free software (called 'open source' by business leaders) movement for anarchists and activists in general? Could things be learned from it? Just how anarchist is GNU/Linux and other such projects? This article intends to analyse these aspects. The article also by the way provides an excellent introduction to the fre software movement, and has a good list of references at the end. Notable quotes: “Uber-hacker Richard Stallman is a sort of hippie, programming world equivalent of Noam Chomsky”.

Free Software as a Social Movement – Interview with Richard Stallman – Nice, juicy, tempting questions, and very nice, very juicy and very carefree answers.

Myths & Fallacies

Free Software & Open Source Software

Voices Against Free Software & Open Source Movements

Open Source Reference

The Economics of Free & Open Source Software

Organizations, Associations & Events

Events

Documentations, Glossaries, Terms & Jargons

The Jargon File Resources – from the Cathedral & the Bazaar Web Site
Documentation of the GNU Project – GNU Press
Glossary of Open Source Software & Open Data Standards (PDF)
Salon Free Software Project Glossary
Alternative Terms for Free Software – from Wikipedia ( some of the inputs from this article: "Open-source software", "Software Libre", "Free/Libre/Open-Source Software (FLOSS)", and "Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS)" are the most common alternative terms. "Libre software", "F/OSS", OSS/FS, FOSS, Free/Open Source Software/Code (FOSSC), "unfettered software" are less common variants. India: "swatantra software" - swatantra, meaning freedom, comes from Hindi; The Philippines: The term "malayang software" is sometimes used)