This is a compilation of references and resources to activities that are related to achievement of document systems interoperability via open-source technology. Suggestions for more resources and links are always welcome.
Many of the topics contain placeholders and notes with ideas and leads for more information that has not yet been tracked down.
Note: There are other ideas in the AIIM 2000 notes.
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http://www.templetons.com/brad/copyright.html. (undated). An overview with a
software and Internet perspective. Useful links include Templeton's own article on
copyright myths.http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html. (undated). A listing of
eleven myths (read the article) that can be viewed in its full beauty by selecting Korean
Language in your browser. Templeton recommends first learning the basics of
copyright and not taking the myths as adequately informative by themselves. The
article carries a permission statement that demonstrates elements of copyright appropriate
to the World-Wide Web.http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/14_cpyrt.html. Genealogy.com
(Fremont, CA: 1997). Straightforward treatment of copyright basics and an useful
collection of further sources. Valuable also for discussion of what is not
copyrightable subject matter and considerations applicable to compilations.http://www.aimnet.com/~carroll/copyright/faq-home.html. 1999 July 16. Includes
links to Carroll's extensive January 1994 6-part copyright FAQ plus an addendum (1998
November 6).http://www.eff.org/pub/CAF/law/ip-primer. Electronic
Frontier Foundation (San Francisco, CA: 1996). Four types of
intellectual-property protection available in the United States are addressed and
illustrated. This is useful in resolving confusion about what is covered by
copyright and what is not but that might still be subject to protection. The
emphasis is on software, multimedia, and web development. A key issue, potentially
of importance to open-source development, has to do with the relationship between the
parties who participate in a development activity and to whom various
intellectual-property rights might obtain.The open-source movement, its origins, philosophy, and operation.
- [AboutApache]
- About the Apache HTTP Server Project. published on the web.
- [Bazaar]
- Raymond, Eric S. The Cathedral and the Bazaar. Version 1.2. published on the web. 1998-11-22 revision.
- [GNU Manifesto]
- Stallman, Richard. The GNU Manifesto. text file. Free Software Foundation (Boston, MA: 1983, 1993). This is the basic motivation for the GNU Public License. Stallman expresses his misgivings for certain aspects of later open-source licenses in his The GNU Project.
- [GNU Project]
- Stallman, Richard. The GNU Project. Free Software Foundation (Boston, MA: 1998). A personal perspective and recounting of the history of the GNU Project, the motivation for it, and the author's view of freedom with regard to software being fully disclosed and freely usable.
- [OSIH]
- The History of the Open Source Initiative. published on the web. A recounting of recent events and the enthusiasm that began mounting in 1998 along with the public awareness of Linux.
- [CoxRisks]
- Cox, Alan. The Risks of Closed Source Computing. published on the web.
- [Free Software]
- Free Software (Open SourceŽ). web site.
- [GNUish Project]
- Some derivations of GNU and non-GNU open-source software for DOS and OS/2 were organized as the GNUish Project. Many GNU tools could be ported to DOS, and in other cases more DOS-hospitable non-ported solutions were developed. Activities in this area appear to be dormant. See http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/gnuish/gnuish.htm#SEC1.
- [Homesteading]
- Raymond, Eric S. Homesteading the Noosphere. published on the web. April 1998 revision. Follow-up paper to "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."
- [LDP]
- The Linux Development Program. See http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP.
- [UdellWOSA]
- Udell, Jon. Why isn't ODBC a Standard Feature of Linux? Interviewing OpenLink Software's Kingsley Idehen (column). BYTE.com (online: 1999 November 8). This column points out the advantages of the WOSA model and the ODBC model for portable integration of database drivers and discusses open-source initiatives to promote portable, non-Microsoft versions of ODBC. The interview identifies initiatives in this area and also relates pitfalls in the inappropriate use of open-source licenses. In this case, use of the GNU GPL instead of the LGPL discouraged adoption by commercial vendors.
- [GPL]
- The GNU General Public License. published on the web. version 2 text file, June 1991. Free Software Foundation (Boston, MA: 1989, 1991).
- [LGPL]
- The GNU Lesser General Public License. published on the web. version 2.1 text file, January 1999. Free Software Foundation (Boston, MA: 1991, 1999).
http://www.apache.org/.http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html#guidelines.http://www.opensource.org/
http://www.sourcexchange.com/.http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-HOWTO.html. http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/LDP-Style-Guide.html
http://www.linuxdoc.org/manifesto.html.http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/.http://ww.oswg.org/oswg-nightly/en_US.ISO_8859-1/articles/OSWG-Licensing-Policy/. http://www.hyperreal.org/info/gnuinfo/index?(gnats).created 2000-04-12-07:20 edt (-0400) by orcmid
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