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- This article is about political advocacy. For legal advocacy see advocate.
Advocacy is an umbrella term for organized activism related to a particular set of issues. Advocacy is expected to be non-deceptive and in good faith, though it is sometimes tainted by use of propaganda. It is almost always organized into or by an advocacy group or special interests. In other instances, an individual may act as a lobbyist, on their own account, or on behalf of a corporation or industry. Political advocacy may be understood more completely when it is compared with economic, religious, or academic advocacies; and when it is contrasted with the features of propaganda and indoctrination.
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Act to Cure, and advocacy group supporting stem cell research, endorses the WSCS! www.worldstemcellsummit.com
WSCS2010 (WorldStemCellSummit) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:42:26 -0000
Act to Cure, and advocacy group supporting stem cell research, endorses the WSCS! www.worldstemcellsummit.com
Afraid his aggressive advocacy of Bush bank bailout will damage him, craven Wisconsin @reppaulryan endorses Marco Rubio http://bit.ly/655Il6
downwithtyranny (Howie Klein) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:25:51 -0000
Afraid his aggressive advocacy of Bush bank bailout will damage him, craven Wisconsin @reppaulryan endorses Marco Rubio http://bit.ly/655Il6
woah.. i had advocacy paper i have to finish today.. well say goodluck to me.. i hope i can do it right this time!
swifty249 (theresa) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:22:37 -0000
woah.. i had advocacy paper i have to finish today.. well say goodluck to me.. i hope i can do it right this time!
absolutely pwned the advocacy exam!! won an un-winnable hearing wahoo!! now for a fun snow day :)
G00DBYEF0REVER (Amy Cotter) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:21:52 -0000
absolutely pwned the advocacy exam!! won an un-winnable hearing wahoo!! now for a fun snow day :)
@keithccurtis Well, I think it could be interesting to start some king of "official" advocacy for the idea to allow wider discussion...
Kozuch (Kozuch) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:11:33 -0000
@keithccurtis Well, I think it could be interesting to start some king of "official" advocacy for the idea to allow wider discussion...
AD2 AD2 AD2!! UST-Kit + Advocacy Shit, FML Very Hard!!
snoozequeen (Mineza Kaw) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:48:33 -0000
AD2 AD2 AD2!! UST-Kit + Advocacy Shit, FML Very Hard!!
Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers! - In-depth review and analysis of the many quantitative reasons to use open source software, with statistics from a variety of recent surveys.
Meta Description: [ This paper provides quantitative data that, in many cases, open source software / free software is equal to or superior to their proprietary competition. The paper examines market share, reliability, performance, scalability, scaleability, security, and total cost of ownership; it also comments ... ]
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Age of Ignorance - Discusses how laws, politicans and big companies allegedly conspire to stifle innovation and restrict knowledge to the detriment of open source software.
Meta Description: [ We are experiencing the witch hunts of the information age ]
Apple - Public Source - Home of all Open Source Projects at Apple Computer.
Arctic Penguin Open Source Solutions - Contains some informative articles about Open Source software, success stories, and news
Meta Description: [ Arctic Penguin Open Source Solutions ]
Armenian Open Source Software Portal - A project aimed at developing technologies through endorsing the advantages of Open Source. Supported by international private, public and academic institutions and run by the Union of IT Enterprises.
Asian Open Source Centre - News and promotion of open source activities in Asia.
Atviras Kodas Lietuvai - Non-profit public organization that works to promote the usage of Free and Open Source software in Lithuania.
Bopen - Promotes Open Source software use in business through independent review and opinion. Lists top products and the latest news.
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ComputeFree - Articles, tutorials and reviews of open source software for home and commercial users. Includes recommendations on productivity software and various Linux distributions.
Meta Description: [ Open source software information, recommendations, and tutorials for the new user. ]
Debian's social contract - Contains the Debian Free Software Guidelines, which are regarded as compliance rules for free software by many others besides Debian package maintainers.
Development, Ethical Trading, and Free Software - Makes political and ethical case for adopting free software by Community Aid Abroad and other members of Oxfam International. Applies generally to development agencies and other groups with like values.
Meta Description: [ The political and ethical case for
the adoption of free software by Community Aid Abroad and other Oxfams. ]
Europa Union - Information Society - Provides a brief introduction to open source software, applications, programs, and case studies.
Free Software Advocacy - Focuses on connections between free software and community development and on free software in Australia.
Meta Description: [ Linking free software with social justice,
and raising its profile in Australia. ]
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Free Software Consortium - Promote free software and related services.
Free Software Foundation (FSF), GNU Project - Non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating restrictions on copying, redistributing, understanding, and modifying computer programs. GNU Project was begun to develop a complete free Unix-like operating system.
Free Software Foundation Europe - Web site of the FSF Europe, an organization dedicated to Free Software activities in Europe. As the official sister organization of the Free Software Foundation in the United States, it will build its activities around the GNU Project although it won't be limited to it.
Free Software Shop - Information about Free Software movement for novices.
Go Open Source - South African Open Source awareness campaign promoting Open Source software within households and small businesses.
Meta Description: [ Home of the Go Open Source campaign in South Africa. Provides downloads and information about free software, campaign news and information and good resources for newbies ]
Home--Berkman Center for Internet and Society - A research program advocating the openness of the Internet.
International Open Source Network - A United Nations Development Programme advocacy site for free and open source software, focused on the Asia-Pacific region.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to the International Open Source Network an initiative of the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Asia Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP) and supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada. ]
IP Wars - Examining, chronicling, and battling the censorship attempts of intellectual property laws.
Linux Today: Emmett Plant - The Welcome Wagon - Urges initiative and good manners to promote open source.
Logic-Box - An portal covering and advocating the open source movement, software and new developments. Includes forum, news, articles, downloads and related resources.
Meta Description: [ Logic-Box.com is an open source portal covering the open source movement, software, and new developments. ]
Mark Hinkle's Linux and Open Source Blog - Linux and open source advocacy for the enterprise user.
Meta Description: [ LinuxWorld: Featuring the latest Linux and open source news from Network World. the IDG network and you. ]
Microsoft Boycott - The Alternative - Index of replacements for Microsoft software, services and hardware. Includes reviews and outside links.
Meta Description: [ An extensive directory of replacements for Microsoft products. ]
mozilla.org - Home of Mozilla, the Netscape based open source browser.
MozillaZine - General information on the Open Source Netscape project.
Newsforge - Anti-Open Source Lobbyists Need Love, Too - Article describing the philosophy and hidden agenda of anti-open source think tanks.
Meta Description: [ - By Robin "Roblimo" Miller -
I felt bad for Ken Brown of the Alexis De Toqueville Institution (AdTI) last week. There he was, on a panel in a room full of Open Source advocates and people interested in learning more about Open Source. Even though Mr. Brown spoke as eloquently as a storefont g... ]
Nonprofit Open Source Initiative - Promotes adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) in the nonprofit/NGO sector.
Open Source Advisory Service - Provides guidance about free and open source software, and about related standards.
Open Source and These United States - by C. Justin Seiferth, Maj USAF; a study for the Air Command and Staff College Air University. Military implications of Open Licenses.
Meta Description: [ A discussion of the benefits and uses of Open Licensed Software in the Department of Defense ]
Open Source Community Node - Community portal providing a discussion forum, articles and blogs.
Meta Description: [ Free Culture community center enabling discussions and expressions from various points of view on topics such as Free Software (open source), Free Music, Free Creativity, hardware and freedom to create in a digital age. ]
Open Source Software Institute - Non-profit organization created to promote the adoption of open source solutions within U.S. agencies and academic entities.
Meta Description: [ Open Source Software Institute ]
OpenCode - Promotes open software, research, and content in cyberspace. Includes a reference archive of some open licenses used by other organizations.
OpenDeveloper.org -- Building Open Sites - A resource for building Open Source Web sites, covering Linux, BSD, Apache, MySQL, PHP, and Perl. OpenDeveloper.org is an independent Web site about open source development of Web sites -- by the community, for the community.
Social Software - A group of volunteers based in the UK which hopes to find ways of bringing the benefits of Open Source Software to the voluntary / community sector.
Meta Description: [ Social Software seeks to invigorate the use of IT by groups working for social change, by harnessing the ethos of mutual aid and co-operation in the Open Source Software movement. ]
Software Freedom Day - A global effort to promote the use of free and Open Source software. Lists forthcoming events, news, forum, gallery and contributing teams.
Meta Description: [ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Software Freedom Day ]
Software in the Public Interest, Inc. - A non-profit organization which was founded to help organizations develop and distribute open hardware and software.
Meta Description: [ General information about Software in the Public Interest, Inc. ]
The Cathedral and the Bazaar - Eric S. Raymond's seminal paper analysing why open source works so well; followup papers Homesteading the NoosphereThe Magic Cauldron and The Revenge of the Hackers; and comments and criticisms from third parties.
Meta Description: [ My third book ]
The GPL Violations Project - Raising public awareness about past and present infringement of GPL licensed software. Includes profile, news and events.
The Halloween Document - Microsoft are getting very worried indeed about competition from Open Source Software such as Linux. This leaked internal memo, courtesy of Eric Raymond, reveals all -- including the extreme lengths Microsoft is willing to go to squash its competition.
Meta Description: [ The Open Source Home Page ]
The Open Source Page - The Open Source Initiative is dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source trademark for the good of the community. The phrase `open source' has been registered as a certification mark. You can examine the Open Source Definition, which defines some essential properties that Open Source licenses will have. You can read about software that qualifies and our branding program.
Meta Description: [ The Open Source Home Page ]
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The OpenScience Project - The Open Science Project is an Organization devoted to providing open source scientific software.
Tom Alsberg's online freedom/liberty page - Personal page regarding free software and online freedom in general.
Meta Description: [ Page with information, links, and
articles about online freedom and liberty, and privacy issues ]
User Friendly the Comic Strip - Amusing strip following the antics of Columbia Internet and its employees. Frequently touches on Open Source, Linux, hacker culture, and holy wars.
Meta Description: [ User Friendly the Comic Strip ]
Vovida.org - Communications community site dedicated to providing a forum for open source software used in datacom and telecom environments.
Meta Description: [ Vovida.org is a communications
community site dedicated to providing a forum for open source
software used in datacom and telecom environments. ]
WebReference Update: Scholars Discuss Open Code Benefits - Fans of free software and music found some allies this weekend who said if lawmakers don't understand technology they shouldn't try and regulate it.
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Why Commercial Software Makes no Sense - A paper on why supporting proprietary commercial software, as typified by current software vendors, is inherently an illogical process.
Logic-Box - An portal covering and advocating the open source movement, software and new developments. Includes forum, news, articles, downloads and related resources.
Meta Description: [ Logic-Box.com is an open source portal covering the open source movement, software, and new developments. ]
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