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2010-02-09 - 17:44

Next OSADL Events:

Embedded World 2010
02.03 - 04.03
CeBIT Open Source
02.03 - 06.03

Breaking News:

2010-02-08 12:00

Prof Eben Moglen on "GNU GPL Version 3: The Law Making Process"

International Conference on Commons, Users, Service Providers Internet (Self-)Regulation and Copyright


2009-11-23 12:00

Added a new HOWTO to the OSADL Website: Use BuildRoot to create a Linux image for QEMU

Guest Editor Bogdan Cristea tells us about rapid prototyping of an embedded system using virtualization


2009-11-19 12:00

Meet OSADL and many of its members at the SPS/IPC/Drives 2009

Bird's view of the OSADL booths

Open Source and Linux in Automation - the collaborative environment we always wished we had


2009-11-18 12:00

SERCOS III middleware library available as Open Source

Download the Common SERCOS Master API from the Internet


2009-10-21 12:00

Will we always wake up in time?

The Linux real-time kernel now contains a wakeup latency recorder to continuously monitor the real-time capabilities of a computer system



OSADL Document Collection

The following documents are considered important in the context of the development of Open Source software.

Andrew Morton at the Linux Symposium 2004

Read the full text of his important key note (and learn what is proceeding according to what).

Bruce Perens' article "The Emerging Economic Paradigm of Open Source"

This excellent article describes why the success of Open Source software development is not a mystery but can be explained easily: It is successful, because it is economically successful.

Bruce Perens' article "State of Open Source Message: A New Decade For Open Source"

On February 9, 1998, Bruce Perens published the Open Source Definition and the public announcement of the Open Source Initiative that Eric Raymond and he were starting. This was the first time that the general public heard what Open Source was about. Read more about the important growth steps of Open Source in the full version of the article that OSADL is reproducing with the permission of the author.

Eric Raymond's article "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way"

Ever want to post a question to a Newsgroup? Wait! First read this article.