Essays about 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.