"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of
giants."
- Isaac Newton
Websites:
Hot for the Moment:
- GPLv3
- FTF: Learn more about Free Software licensing
- We need an Open Standard for document exchange:
- A real Open Standard: Open Document Format (ODF)
- MS-OOXML: Six questions to national standardisation bodies
- MS-OOXML: Questions for Microsoft on open formats
- MS-OOXML: The converter hoax
- Digital Restrictions Management: What everyone should know about it
- The philosophy of the largest Free Software project - The GNU Project
- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) - The organisation behind the GNU Project
- The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) - The European sister organisation of the FSF
- Fellowship of the FSFE
- Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII)
- NoSoftwarePatents.com - Software is not manufactured, it is something you write and publish. Keep Europe free from software patents, we don't want censorship by patent law on written works.
- DRM.info - What everyone should know about DRM.
- Wandel der IT: Mehr als 20 Jahre Freie Software - A good Free Software article in German by Bernhard Reiter.
Online-Books:
- Free as in Freedom - Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software
- Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman
- Freie Software Zwischen Privat- und Gemeineigentum
- Free Culture - Lawrence Lessig about the past, present and future of Culture (German translation)
If you want to buy one of this books take a look at Bookzilla (German only). Each purchase will support the Free Software Foundation Europe.
Speeches:
Speeches from Richard Stallman and Eben Moglen about Free Software. These speeches are good introductions to the philosophy of the Free Software movement.
- Richard Stallman: The Free Software Movement and the Future of Freedom (Audio, Transcript)
- Richard Stallman: Copyright and Globalization in the Age of Computer Networks (Audio, Transcript)
- Eben Moglen: Die Gedanken Sind Frei: The Free Software Movement and The Struggle for Freedom of Thought (Audio, Video, Transcript)
Discuss Free Software issues (mailing lists)
- International discussion list
- German discussion list
- For all Free Software supporters in South Germany.
