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Discussions on Informational Freedom in the Internet Funding/remuneration GNU, BSD, Linux The politically correct name Java Meritocracy, Social Organisation among Hackers Standardisation Institutes NetPolitics Other Issues Discussions on Informational Freedom in the Internet GNU Philosophy (Manifesto and Thoughts of the founder of the Free Software Foundation) OpenSource (the certification mark and the gospel it stands for) François René Rideau: reflexions philosophiques sur les logiciels libres Le Libre Logiciel Manifeste de la Libre Information Preserving the Information Ecosystem (About the ecological balance of the infosphere) Who Will Own Your Next Good Idea? - 98.09 (Shows why copyright can't be done away with) SoftSpeech (arguing that software source code should be treated like speech and receive protection by the US constitution's First Amendment) CB Browne's Free Software Definitions GNU, M$ and the Paradox of Information Market Economics L'etat c'est nous (Political outlook of a German computer scientist) SGML and Microsoft Office 2000 (How Microsoft is managing to keep documents incompatible even when using SGML.) Apple - Public Source (In 1999-03 Apple announced they would provide some system components with sources open for inspection but not completely free for use) OpenTechnology.Org Licence Publique en Français (a version of the GPL that is to be legally valid in the context of French law) Funding/remuneration the First Hackers' Distributed Republic (Versuch eines Mittelweges zwischen brotlosem Hacker und kommerzieller Misshandlung der Allmende) The Free Software Bazaar (private tendering and bidding for free software.) Linux Resources Wish List (similar but without reward) Debian-Dienstleistungen Heiko Schlittermann (forwards donations to Debian developpers and mentions the donors) Gimp Contest (A free-software-related competition for graphical artists) Debian CZ/SK - Projekty na serveru (Projects on the Czech Debian Server, Finanzierung kommt von der Tschechischen Stiftung für Freie Software) Cheská nadace pro podporu free softwaru (Czech Free Software Foundation) Informace pro sponzory (How to become a sponsor) freesoft.cei.gov.cn: zi4you2 ruan3jian4 (Chinese Society for Study and Development of Free Software) AFUL (Association Francophone des Utilisateurs de Linux et Logiciels Libres) GIMP-Backend (provides GIMP net ressources to the public) GNU, BSD, Linux The Linux Documentation Project CBBrowne's Advocacy Web Page. Brave GNU World (multingual GNU news) Slashdot News Service Ein provokantes Editorial zum Subject+Kommunismus+Libertarianismus und interessante Beiträge/Links German Society for Medical Informatics: Security Recommendations for Windows NT networks in hospitals (Conclusion: NT seriously flawed, Linux much more reliable) Gartner Group: Vergleichende Studie der Serverbetriebssysteme (Linux and Digital Unix best, NT worst.) 1999-04-07: Other Operating Environments Will Have Trouble Keeping up with Linux's Growth (International Data Corporation forecasts 25% yearly growth for Linux on both the server and client side.) John Kirch: comparison Unix vs NT Engineers Speak Out: Linux vs. Windows NT (Why Most Engineers Insist on Unix) Federal Computer Week: NASA Beowulf cluster on IT crime trail Linux Professional Institute (arbeitet u.a. Zertifikationsverfahren für Linux-Spezialisten aus) Microsoft Germany announce Linux version of MS-Office (1999-04-01, announces porting to a "Lowest Common Denominator Architecture") Ekommerz-Lösung auf Linux-Basis (von der Kölner IPM Intranet Projekt Management GmbH) Update on Windows NT Server v Linux Performance and Capabilities (M$ calls Linuxers for duell) Linuxmail (Web-based free-of-charge e-mail services for Linux users) The politically correct name RMS: GNU/Linux (We did something more important and higher level than just write components. We are the ones who made there be a system.) Tom Christiansen: Demon Penguin (The FSF wrote less 10% of the code of a typical Linux distribution. Let us create a GNU-free Linux by replacing all FSF-owned software in Linux distributions with BSD code.) Java http://java.sun.com Sun Announces New Licensing Scheme Java Standardisation (Java Standardization Process) Java User's Groups Info Page (largely coordinated by Sun) Meritocracy, Social Organisation among Hackers E.S.Raymond: How to become a Hacker (anthropology and social rank system of hackers) Mozilla: Getting Involved (deeds count, not words. organisational principles of the Netscape creators) About Apache (Apache and the Apache Organisation and its principles) Debian Constitution (Social Contract of the Debian developpers) Standardisation Institutes World Wide Web Consortium DIN: Deutsches Institut für Normierung American National Standards Institute (US) National Institute of Standards and Technology NetPolitics Freie Software und Bildung e.V. Politik Digital (German Internet & Politics News Service) Poesie, Satire, Karikaturen etc FITUG: Förderverein InformationsTechnologie Und Gesellschaft e.V. DGD (with regional groups.) Internet Society / German Chapter (formerly DIGI) Linux User Group Augsburg e.V. Foundation for Information Policy Research The Volks-PC(tm) Initiative Repository (proposes obligatory software source code escrow) Source Power Alternative Vernetzung (alternative networking) Other Issues Summa: Kannibalisiere dich selbst (The new way business is made.)