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	FSF - Call for nominations for the 2006 Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit
		This award is presented to the project or team responsible for applying free software, or the ideas of the free software movement, in a project that intentionally and significantly benefits society in other aspects of life.
		Projects with a primary goal of promoting or advancing free software are not eligible for this award (we honor those projects with our annual Award for the Advancement of Free Software).
		The 2005 award committee was composed of: Peter H. Salus (chair), Richard Stallman, Alan Cox, Lawrence Lessig, Guido van Rossum, Vernor Vinge, Frederic Couchet, Jonas Oberg, Hong Feng, Bruce Perens, Raju Mathur, Suresh Ramasubramanian, Enrique A.
	www.fsf.org /news/social-award-2006 (636 words)

	LinuxElectrons: Call for nominations for the 2006 Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		BOSTON – The Free Software Foundation announces a request for nominations for the 2006 Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit.
		A long-term commitment to one's project (or the potential for a long-term commitment) is crucial to this end.
		The 2005 award committee was composed of: Peter H. Salus (chair), Richard Stallman, Alan Cox, Lawrence Lessig, Guido van Rossum, Frederic Couchet, Jonas Oberg, Hong Feng, Bruce Perens, Raju Mathur, Suresh Ramasubramanian, Enrique A. Chaparro, and Ian Murdock.
	www.linuxelectrons.com /article.php?story=Call_for_nominations_for_the_2006_Free_SoftwareAward_for_Projects_of_Social_Benefit&mode=print (441 words)

	FSF - Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit
		FSF - Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit
		This award stresses the use of free software in the service of humanity.
		Projects with a primary goal of promoting or advancing free software are not eligible for this award (we honor those projects with our annual
	www.fsf.org /news/social-benefit-award.html (446 words)

	i d e a n t: Teaching Social Software with Social Software: A report
		Social Software Affordances was offered during the Fall of 2005, and 13 graduate students from the Communication, Computing and Technology in Education (CCTE) program at TC enrolled in the course.
		One advantage of blogging about their projects as they unfolded (as opposed to waiting until the end of the class to present them) was that students recognized that they were not the only ones encountering problems, and they were able to support and critique one another.
		Social agency is shared between the individual and the software by splitting the task of establishing and maintaining bonds between individuals.
	ideant.typepad.com /ideant/2005/12/teaching_social.html (3011 words)

	gmane.org.fsf.press.announce
		BOSTON, August 8, 2006 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) and the GNU Project announce the request for nominations for the 2006 Award for the Advancement of Free Software.
		This annual award is presented to a person who has made a great contribution to the progress and development of free software, through activities that accord with the spirit of software freedom (as defined in the Free Software Definition).
		New Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit (14 Oct 22:04)
	blog.gmane.org /gmane.org.fsf.press.announce?set_cite=hide (2805 words)

	Anarchism Triumphant
		The first software amounted to the plug configuration of cables or switches on the outside panels of an electronic device, but as soon as linguistic means of altering computer behavior had been developed, "software" mostly denoted the expressions in more or less human-readable language that both described and controlled machine behavior [1].
		Thus "software" becomes a viable metaphor for all symbolic activity, apparently divorced from the technical context of the word's origin, despite the unease raised in the technically competent when the term is thus bandied about, eliding the conceptual significance of its derivation [4].
		Project GNU, and the Free Software Foundation to which it gave birth in 1985, were not the only source of free software ideas.
	moglen.law.columbia.edu /publications/anarchism.html (10406 words)

	Social Software (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The growing importance of software requires professionals in all fields to deal with both its technical Social Software and social aspects; therefore, users Social Software and producers of software need a common vocabulary to discuss software issues.
		Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit - The Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit was announced in October 2005 to be an annual award granted by Free Software Foundation (FSF).
		Social software - Social software enables people to rendezvous, connect or collaborate through computer-mediated communication and to form online communities.
	so96.iasoft.org (712 words)

	Tsunami-inspired FSF award focuses on humanity :: OSDir.com :: Open Source, Linux News & Software
		The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has announced a new annual award that honours the use of free software in "the service of humanity".
		The Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit is "presented to the project or team responsible for applying free software, or the ideas of the free software movement, in a project that intentionally and significantly benefits society in other aspects of life," reads the announcement.
		The award was inspired by the Sahana project that used and developed free crisis management software to organise aid relief for tsunami survivors in Sri Lanka.
	osdir.com /Article7819.phtml (155 words)

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		Software developer offering personal, small business, and enterprise software to detect and safely remove spyware and block unwanted programs before they can infect a computer.
		We offer free software downloads and freeware from some of the most popular...
		is distributed with a free software license, and whose source code is available...
	www.false.be (139 words)

	SAHANA \| Free and Open Source Disaster Management System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit is "presented to
		the project or team responsible for applying free software, or the ideas of the free software movement, in a project that intentionally and
		The award was inspired by the Sahana project that used and developed free
	www.sahana.lk /blog?from=14 (274 words)

	Links to Open Source Health Care Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A shared and free infrastructure that supports the pooling of expertise, assessment instruments, data management, training, quality assurance, and reporting tools is a way to reduce the cost of conducting outcome assessments.
		The purpose of the project is to develop a quantitative medical imaging and visualization program for use on brain MR, DTI and MRS data.
		It is a joint project of the Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Johns Hopkins University, Psychiatric Neuroimaging Lab.
	www.openhealth.com /en/healthlinks.html (6088 words)

	tim.oreilly.com -- Open Source Software (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Software as a service is the business model that Microsoft wants to move toward, and nobody seems to recognize that this is a business model that free software already has a big head start on.
		O'Reilly and collaborative software community get 1998 Infoworld Achievement award -- The February 1999 article by Nicholas Petreley announcing this award led to the controversial statement by Bruce Perens that I was a parasite who hadn't actually contributed any code to the free software community.
		Hardware, Software and Infoware -- This talk was first delivered in March 1997, at the Linux Kongress in Wurzburg, the same conference where Eric Raymond first gave The Cathedral and the Bazaar.
	tim.oreilly.com /opensource (5898 words)

	LWN: Nominations open for Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit
		Nominations open for Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit
		Please submit nominations in the following format: - Put the name of the project or team you are nominating in the email message subject line.
		About The Free Software Foundation The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs.
	lwn.net /Articles/202385 (594 words)

	Red REVOS
		The aim of this project is the development of a co-operative network at European level for building relationships between the public and voluntary sectors.
		Against Discrimination." Journalist Award 2006 is granted by the European Union to honour journalists who contribute with their work to a better public understanding of the benefits of diversity and the fight against discrimination in society
		The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announces a request for nominations for the 2006 Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit.
	www.eu-volunteering.org (1905 words)

	Use of Information and Communication Technology by Social Movements (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Josefina Gamboa presented their "mini-sites" project, which objective is to support feminist or womens’ organisations, and ones for solidarity based economy led by women, with ready-to-use web sites that do not require any technical interventions.
		Josefina insisted on the importance of using Free Software in their organisation, since they are very efficient political tools in fighting monopolies and supporting the freedom of choice, which are part of the founding values of Les Pénélopes.
		Anna Schiavoni of Carta is very proud that Italian social movements have a reputation of being one of the most active in Europe, but that this is perhaps unfortunately due to the fact that they also have one of the worsts governments, with respect to this issue, in Europe.
	www.socialrights.org /spip/article273.html (1592 words)

	"Forward Thinking" - Projects - FREE Web Site Design
		Well, the internet is meant to be a place where people can speak freely, so by offering my services I am contributing to free speech on the internet by offering to design pages, for people, who perhaps don't have the knowledge.
		Its main use is for software distribution, automatic printer installation, news and other general information as well as an automated support tool for simple computer related issues.
		Next, a free website will be selected based on your location, availability, and what you would like to have as your internet community.
	members.aol.com /agaweb/projects/website.htm (961 words)

	LWN: Call for nominations for 2006 Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit
		LWN: Call for nominations for 2006 Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit
		- Please include, in the body of your message, an explanation (40 lines or less) of the project, how it uses free software or free software ideas, and why you think it is especially important to society.
		- Please state, in the body of your message, where to find the materials (e.g., software, manuals, or writing) which your nomination is based on.
	lwn.net /Articles/200330 (590 words)

	Is Microsoft Getting Social? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It’s not a bad option for clubs and other social organizations who want to get the word out about their activities and maybe attract some new members.
		The software giant was originally slow to catch on to the importance of the Internet, but eventually did come back with a search engine of its own.
		Donated to the open source community by IBM in 2001, Eclipse has since grown to be an independent project endorsed by over 100 software companies worldwide, including industry leaders such as Oracle, BEA and Macromedia.
	www.seochat.com /c/a/Search-Engine-News/Is-Microsoft-Getting-Social (1260 words)

	Free Arts of Arizona
		Free Arts of Arizona is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to spark the creative spirit of abused, homeless and at-risk children and their families to inspire and transform their lives through the power of artistic expression.
		Free Arts of Arizona is excited to announce plans for another phenomenal luncheon at the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort on Tuesday, April 10, 2007.
		Free Arts of Arizona's Items to Inspire line of high quality products are a perfect blend of artistry and simplicity.
	www.freeartsaz.org (686 words)

	The Open Sourcery
		Many observers have advanced theories as to why for over 50 years software development has seemed to be mired in incompetence.
		So system projects have had and continue to need to cope not just with internal organizational change but also often with external market and societal changes.
		How do software components fit together, what do they aggregate to - and what are the priorities, benefits and trade-offs.
	www.theopensourcery.com (2610 words)

	Social Bookmarking: What`s The Big Deal?
		Although social bookmarking might be something you've only just come across, it has in fact been around for a few years.It's certainly getting more popular every day, and has taken off in a big way very recently.
		The goal of this Software Development Platform webcast is to outline the capabilities of WebSphere Service Registry and Repository in the context of SOA Governance.
		Rational Software Architect is a design and development tool that leverages model-driven development with the UML for creating well-architected applications and services.
	tools.devshed.com /c/a/Search-Engine-Tricks/Social-Bookmarking-Whats-The-Big-Deal (1168 words)

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		Microsoft's Steve Ballmer admits that they are ``worried'' about free software and suggests that some of the Windows NT source code may be made available to developers.
		Now the two freely available databases that are widely used in the Linux and Free Software communities, PostgreSQL and MySQL, meet the Debian Free Software Guidelines and the Open Source Guidelines.
		Many claim that Netscape Communications's decision to release its browser suite as open source software was the event that convinced many large corporations that the Linux operating system (and the free software movement in general) was viable and should be embraced.
	www.linuxjournal.com /article.php?sid=6000 (6011 words)

	LXer: Story Type - News Story ; (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Free Software Magazine is a magazine entirely dedicated to free software.
		After roughly 12 years of work, the Wine Project is about to take its widely used Windows translation layer to a place it has not been in all that time: beta.
		Open-source software is gaining ground in Europe and the developing world, with users attracted by lower costs and accessibility, according to a recent study and industry observers.
	lxer.com /module/newswire/viewby.php?filter=:41&search_text=&offset=10040 (3553 words)

	rinzai » Blog Archive » The Open Source Update #29 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sourcefire is responsible for the development of Snort, a popular open source security project.
		IBM contributes a subset of the Rational Unified Process (RUP), a software process platform, to the open source community.
		Nessus, an open source security project managed by Tenable Network Security, announces its plans to become closed source, due to competitive pressures.
	www.rinzai.com /?p=27 (687 words)

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		There are many other deserving projects for the "Project of the Year" award.....Mono, Open Office, Eclipse to name a few.
		But it was appalling not because it was a CVS version, but because we were in the middle of a massive, comprehensive, all-code-touching change to handle panning correctly (unlike all but a couple of proprietary DAWs, and certainly no free software that I've seen).
		All this is a flame-- Ardour is supposedly good software but all it's done is waste my time and for that reason I'm annoyed-- but it's also a genuine request of the Ardour authors to help out all us poor folks that aren't Ardour hackers to get started.
	linuxjournal.com /article.php?sid=7564 (3559 words)

	Personalizing osCommerce
		It is open source--and therefore is available for private or commercial use free of charge under the GNU Public Licence, is widely used and supported, and is part of an extremely large online community.
		It consists of a catalogue front-end, which can be used in conjunction with your existing site, or as a stand-alone site in its own right; and an extremely easy to use administrative back-end interface.
		This enterprise data modeling and integration design tool is designed to help data architects design relational and federated databases, understand data assets and their relationships and streamline database projects.
	www.devarticles.com /c/a/Web-Authoring/Personalizing-osCommerce (1297 words)

	Small Business Resource and Tips
		Universities, colleges and classes with feeds or podcasts are encouraged to submit their listings free of charge.
		This new software application is incredibly easy to use, it has built in wizards that walk users through RSS feed creation, podcast creation and creating podcasts for iTunes.
		While there is still power of the collective voice, social networks and social bookmarking has gained attention, the masters behind these networks will need to stay a step ahead of the spammers to stay in the game.
	www.small-business-software.net (2916 words)

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		Call for nominations for the 2005 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software
		Free and Open-Source Software Luminaries Call on Worldwide Community to Vote Against Software Patents in the "European of the Year 2005" Internet Poll
		The NCSA server which documents the NCSA httpd from which the Apache server is derived.
	shipwreck.yi.org (1445 words)

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