Open Source, Free Software and Other Beasts
An article that introduces the Open Source world to people who are not very familiar with it.
Essays related to Free and Open Source Software.
An article that introduces the Open Source world to people who are not very familiar with it.
An article explaining in brief how to start contributing to open-source software. I’ve been asked this question a lot.
An essay that explains why contributing to open source software under any licence does not cause you to be exploited by others.
An essay that explains why it is a good idea to have multiple committers to a central repository in a project, and why overthrowing the project’s benevolent dictator is a good idea. It then touches on some logical fallacies.
This article gives an overview of the various options in picking up a licence for one’s Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) project, and tries to give some guidelines choosing one.
Explaining why I prefer not to use and depend on non-open-source software.