Learn The Ideals And History Of Free And Open Source Software
Learn The Ideals And History Of Free And Open Source Software
Submitted by Corey Goldberg on Wed, 31/10/2007 - 16:24.There are lots of resources available online to learn about Free and Open Source Software.
If you want to understand the essence and ideals of this movement, a great start would be to read the following 4 books. After reading these, you will have a good grasp of the history and philosophy of freedom in the technology world.
- Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software (full text online)
- Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman (full text online)
- Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution (full text online)
- Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
