Glossary

• What is open source software, and why should I care what it is?
• What is freeware?
• What is Intellectual Property?
• Can you copy right software ideas?
• What are the current laws concerning these issues?
• Are the laws changing?
• Where can you get stuff for free?
• What is the GPL, or CopyLeft and its variations?
• Why do commercial software producers dislike these different licenses?
• Why does "someone" want you on a monthly payment plan?

http://www.w3.org/Status

http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/Patents/chaining-oss.html

http://www.softpanorama.org/People/Stallman/index.shtml

http://www.gnu.org

http://www.nara.gov/

http://www.pgpI.org/

http://www.apache.org

http://www.sourceforge.net

http://www.jboss.org

http://www.opensource.org

http://www.softpanorama.org/index.shtml

http://www.crypto.com

http://www.crypto.com/papers/opentap.html

http://www.omar.org/opensource/litreview

http://www.pirg.org/consumer/banks/action/privacy.htm

http://www.cnn.com/US/9901/30/banks.privacy.01/

http://www.eff.org

http://www.pirg.org/consumer/greggssn3.htm

"http://astalavista.box.sk" (please type this yourself)