Why Open Source? Rationales & Recommendations by Agaric
Members of tech services co-op Agaric share what open source software they use and why in their daily operation.
Libre Graphics
Libre Graphics Club, Libre Graphics Meeting, and Libre Graphics Magazine are some resources, present and past, for designers looking to explore open source tools.
Open-Source Governance, Meet Feminist Economics
Open source was meant to be a commons, or a shared marketplace with resources that belong to — and benefit — its community as a whole. In a few important ways, it’s failed to achieve that. But that doesn’t mean it’s too late.
Post-Open Source
An incisive analysis of free software and open-source software's shortcomings and a nice summary of the post open-source tendencies emerging.
Ethical Source
Ethical Source takes issue with Principle Zero of Free Software, "The freedom to run the program, for any purpose" and instead insists that ethics must be taken into account with the creation, design and use of technology.
Declaration of Digital Autonomy (draft 0.1)
Long time free software proponents Molly de Blanc and Karen M. Sandler pen a declaration outlining an updated set of principles for technology that is empowering, not oppressive.
Towards A Cooperative Technology Movement
The Cooperative Technology Movement believes the downfall of the free/open-source movement is its unwillingness to critique capitalism. As a result, open source has been coopted by tech giants.