Open Library is a project of the non-profit Internet Archive, and is funded in part by a grant from the California State Library. We have a small team of fantastic programmers who have accomplished a lot, but we can't do it alone! This is an Open project - the software is open, the data is open, the documentation is open, and the site is open.

'The Information Society Portal for the ESCWA Region (ISPER) is a flagship web portal application, developed and maintained by the Information and Communication Technology Division (ICTD) of UN-ESCWA, within the framework of follow-up activities to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). This dynamic, bilingual (English/Arabic), database-driven, open-source application provides stakeholders with a unique entry point to essential information on the current status of th more...

The Danish Board of Technology decided in 2001 to have a more detailed analysis made of the usability of open-source software in public administration, including the economic perspectives in a change-over to open-source software. This report presents the results of this work. It contains an economic analysis of open-source software and additionally analyses its usability. The report also makes a number of recommendations on how the public sector can promote the use of open-source software.

The Free Software Directory is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).This site catalog useful free software that runs under free operating systems — particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants.
Licenses are verified for each and every program listed in this directory.

UNESCO has accumulated significant experience in facilitating the development of some key software tools. These tools are distributed free-of-charge and the objective is to empower the users by giving them access to some key technology for development and knowledge sharing that most of them otherwise could not afford. The development model is based upon international cooperation and the software tools are continuously enriched, modified and updated with the co-operation of a community of experts more...

This 2003 essay by Tim O'Reilly argues that it is the empowering nature of open source software development that makes it work so well and enables innovation by breaking down the traditional "closed shop" model and enabling diverse communities to work together.

This website provides news and a directory of open source software. It is not clear from the website content who is responsible for the website.

The UNESCO Free Software Portal gives access to documents and websites which are references for the Free Software/Open Source Technology movement. It is also a gateway to resources related to Free Software.

The Free Software Directory is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The website catalogs useful free software that runs under free operating systems — particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants. Licenses are verified for each and every program listed in this directory.

The International Free and Open Source Software Foundation (iFOSSF) is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization incorporated in the United States. Its mission is to accelerate the development and usage of Information and Communication Technologies with Free and Open Source Software worldwide for sustained economic and social development, especially for the socially disadvantaged. iFOSSF seeks to fulfill its objectives through a number of programs with their associated projects carried out joi more...