Free/Libre/Open Source Software: Scottish Policy Statement: A Report by the Open Source Software Working Group

Definitions

Open Source Software ( OSS)
Open Source Initiative
www.opensource.org
Free/Libre/Open Source Software ( FLOSS)
Free Software Foundation
www.fsf.org

Background Articles

Free or open source definition debate
www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html
GNU Philosophy
www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html
Licensing
www.fsf.org/fsf/licensing
Categories of OSS/ FLOSS
www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/categories.html
Groklaw
www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2004040421042728
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLOSS

Case Studies and Reports

Open Source Software Trials in Government
Office of Government Commerce.
[no longer available on the OGC website]
Open Source Software; Use within UK Government
Cabinet Office.
www.govtalk.gov.uk/documents/oss_policy_version2.pdf
Open Source Software postnote
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.
www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/POSTpn242.pdf
Linux on the Desktop
Society of Information Technology Management.
www.socitm.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/CA9CF687-5556-4FB2-BCFD-23B2856EAEFD/0/SOSSLinuxReportv20.pdf
Open Source Academy
Case studies of a number of open source implementations in local government, schools and business in the UK and Europe.
www.opensourceacademy.gov.uk/solutions/casestudies
IDABC Open Source Case Studies
Case studies on implementation of FLOSS in European public administrations.
ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/chapter/470
Open Source Resources
EU Open Source Observatory.
europa.eu.int/idabc/en/chapter/471
Benefits of OSS to EU public bodies
IDABC Synergy 05 quarterly newsletter from January 2006.
europa.eu.int/idabc/en/document/5237/5584
Impact of public sector OSS
EU e-Government Observatory
europa.eu.int/idabc/en/document/5547/194

EU Research

European Commission's Europa portal
European Free/ OSS-related research activities.
europa.eu.int/information_society/activities/opensource/european_activities/index_en.htm
flossproject (Rishab Ghosh, 2001-2002)
Free/Libre and Open Source Software: Survey and Study.
www.flossproject.org
flossworld (Rishab Ghosh, 2005-2007)
Free/Libre/Open Source Software: Worldwide impact study.
www.flossworld.org
flosspols (Rishab Ghosh, 2006-2007)
Free/Libre/Open Source Software: Policy Support.
www.flosspols.org

Communities (public sector)

Open Source Observatory ( OSO)
europa.eu.int/idabc/en/chapter/452
Open Source Consortium ( OSC)
www.opensourceconsortium.org
Society of Information Technology Management ( SOCITM) Open Source Software Group
www.socitm.gov.uk/Public/SIAG/Open+Source.htm
Open Source Academy ( OSA)
www.opensourceacademy.net
eGovOS
www.egovos.org
OSS Watch
www.oss-watch.ac.uk
Public Sector and Open Source
www.publicsectoross.info

Communities (computing)

Repositories

The Scottish Government