Information (Libre)

Non-fiction stuff.

This page only shows free, libre and open information. For a list that includes semi-libre (that is to say, noncommercial and verbatim works), see Information (Common Content).

Information

  • 2012 Libre Gift Guide'A list of libre things that one might enjoy receiving from one's acquaintances at upcoming gift-giving occasions.'
  • A Byte Of Python'"A Byte of Python" is a free book on programming using the Python language. It serves as a tutorial or guide to the Python language for a beginner audience.'
  • A Free, Libre & Open GlossaryA definition of terms like 'open source', 'crowdsourcing', 'gratis' and 'shareable content'.
  • A Mathematical Way To Think about Biology'A mathematical way to think about biology comes to life in this lavishly illustrated video book.'
  • A Survey about Copyright in the Digital AgeA survey about people's conception of copyright.
  • Accessibility, Sustainability, Excellence'[R]ecommends a programme of action to enable more people to read and use the publications arising from research.'
  • Achieving Impossible Things'Six "impossible things": GNU/Linux, Wikipedia, the Creative Commons, the Blender Foundation, Open Hardware, and the OLPC/Sugar project. All created under free licenses for everyone to use, in defiance of our conventional ideas of business economics. Is it magic, coincidence, or just plain common sense at work here?'
  • Aerogel.org'[A]n encyclopedic reference about aerogels, how-to guides for making aerogels and building a do-it-yourself supercritical dryer, the world's most comprehensive aerogel image gallery, a podcast with the world's leading aerogel scientists, and more.'
  • Against Intellectual Property'Kinsella [argues] that the very existence of patents are contrary to a free market, and adds in here copyrights and trademarks too.'
  • All Right to Copy?'"All Right to Copy?" is a resource designed to teach students about copyright, and how it impacts them as both users and creators.'
  • An Anarchist FAQ'This web page holds an anarchist FAQ. Its aim is to present what anarchism really stands for and indicate why you should become an anarchist.'
  • An Open World"This collection offers some of the most enpowering stories from our open source community—and perhaps you could be in the next edition."
  • Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication"Addressing a field that has been dominated by astronomers, physicists, engineers, and computer scientists, the contributors to this collection raise questions that may have been overlooked by physical scientists about the ease of establishing meaningful communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence."
  • Atlas of Living Australia'The Atlas of Living Australia (Atlas) contains information on all the known species in Australia aggregated from a wide range of data providers: museums, herbaria, community groups, government departments, individuals and universities.'
  • Australian Budget 2012-2013The federal government budget and budget overview for 2012-2013.
  • Australian Census 2011'Census DataPacks contain comprehensive data about people, families and dwellings for all available geographic areas, with associated Geographic Information System digital boundary files.'
  • Australian Government Intellectual Property ManualGovernment guidelines for implementing 'open licensing'.
  • Beginning Titan - The distributed graph database"Beginning Titan is a comprehensive guide to Titan database."
  • BibServer'BibServer is a tool for quickly and easily sharing collections of bibliographic metadata.'
  • BoundlessTextbooks.
  • Bounty Hunters, Map Makers & Gold DiggersMetaphors for Designing Fair Intellectual Property Laws
  • CatastroikaA documentary about privatisation.
  • Centre for Policy DevelopmentA thinktank.
  • Choosing an OSS license doesn’t need to be scaryA guide to choosing a licence.
  • CIA World FactbookDetails about all the countries of the world.
  • Code'cyberspace has no “nature.” It only has code-the software and hardware that make cyberspace what it is. That code can create a place of freedom-as the original architecture of the Net did-or a place of oppressive control. '
  • Code SchoolLearn to program.
  • Consequences, Risks, and side-effects of the license module Non-Commercial – NCThe title is comprehensive.
  • Constructs of Innocence in Selected Works of CyberpunkA Masters thesis dedicated to Aaron Swartz.
  • CookbookReflections on preparing a crowdsourced FLO textbook.
  • Copyright for Librarians'"Copyright for Librarians" (CFL) is an online open curriculum on copyright law that was developed jointly with Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society.'
  • Copyright in Databases in AustraliaAn article on the circumstances under which copyright would apply to databases.
  • Copyright WeekA project from the EFF about problems with copyright.
  • CopySouth Dossier'Issues in the economics, politics, and ideology of copyright in the global South'
  • #COPYWRONGFacts about how Australian copyright law is out of touch.
  • Cosmo NoticiasInformation about space.
  • Creative Commons & Government GuideA guide to using Creative Commons licensing in government.
  • Creative Commons: A User GuideA step-by-step guide to the world of CC licences.
  • CrisisCommons Wiki'A volunteer and project collaborative space for organizing projects and efforts around disaster relief.'
  • Critical Point Of ViewAn INC Reader for Wikipedia.
  • CryptoParty Handbook'This 392 page, Creative Commons licensed handbook is designed to help those with no prior experience to protect their basic human right to Privacy in networked, digital domains.'
  • Data Journalism Handbook"[A] free, open source reference book for anyone interested in the emerging field of data journalism."
  • DebtocracyA documentary about the debt crisis.
  • Deep Freeze: Iceland's Economic Collapse'In Deep Freeze, economists Philipp Bagus and David Howden demonstrate that the real cause of the calamity was bad central bank policy.'
  • Design Livre'Design Livre is an attitude, a way of conceiving the design and seek a comprehensive and inclusive look, recognizing designs made by people.' (translated from Portuguese)
  • DiagonalA Spanish language periodical.
  • Dictionary of SydneyAbout Sydney.
  • Digital Public Library of America'The DPLA is leading the first concrete steps toward the realization of a large-scale digital public library that will make the cultural and scientific record available to all.'
  • Drafting The Gift Domain"an introduction to Open Content projects with respect to how they work, how they are designed, and how they continue to exist alongside Market driven entities."
  • Ed Startup 101'Ed Startup is designed to acquaint educators, educational researchers, and others to the world of entrepreneurship and intrapeneurship, help you decide which one is right for you, and support you in the first steps of your journey.'
  • eLife"eLife is a unique collaboration between funders and practitioners of research to communicate influential discoveries in the life and biomedical sciences in the most effective way."
  • Envisioning Technology'Envisioning Technology is an award-winning tech-trend forecasting studio with people in London, São Paulo and New York.'
  • Feedback Loops in Game DesignAn infographic by Daniel Solis.
  • Forall X: An Introduction To Formal Logic'This text describes two formal languages which have been of special importance to philosophers: truth-functional sentential logic and quantified predicate logic. The book covers translation, formal semantics, and proof theory for both languages.'
  • Free as in FreedomA biography of free software guru Richard Stallman.
  • Free Beer (book)A book about free software and free culture from the speakers at FSCONS 2008.
  • Free Culture GuideAn Arabic guide to free culture.
  • Free Knowledge based on Creative Commons Licenses. Consequences, risks and side-effects of the license module 'non-commercial usProblems with using the NonCommercial Creative Commons licence term.
  • Free to Mix'The guide gives you information, activities and ideas to confidently create a remix from material you know you have the rights to reuse.'
  • FreeSouls.ccPhotos of Joi Ito and writings from others.
  • Frontier Encounters'Frontier Encounters presents a wide range of views on how the borders between [China, Russia and Mongolia] are enacted, produced, and crossed.'
  • Full Circle MagazineA free, independent magazine for Ubuntu Linux.
  • Future of CopyrightA competition for fiction and non-fiction entries on copyright.
  • Future of Copyright 2.0A collection of fiction and non-fiction.
  • Gimp Magazine'The goal of this publication is to promote GIMP and related open source software.'
  • Group Works'A Pattern Language for Bringing Life to Meetings and Other Gatherings'
  • Hello_worldA blog for three documentaries about open programming languages.
  • Hierarchy of Interface for Tabletop GamesHow people interact with tabletop games.
  • Homotopy Type Theory: Univalent Foundations Of Mathematics'Homotopy type theory is a new branch of mathematics that combines aspects of several different fields in a surprising way.'
  • Immersion into Noise'On a planet that is increasingly technologically linked and globally mediated, how might noises break and re-connect in distinctive and productive ways within practices located in the world of art and thought?'
  • In the Shade of the CommonsAbout bridging the gaps between information societies.
  • Income Models for Open AccessDeveloping a business model for an open access journal.
  • Integrity at ScaleA book proposing the Redesign Revolution.
  • Intellectual Property: Law and the Information Society"This book is an introduction to intellectual property law, the set of private legal rights that allows individuals and corporations to control intangible creations and marks—from logos to novels to drug formulae—and the exceptions and limitations that define those rights."
  • International Free & Open Source Software Law ReviewThe International Free and Open Source Software Law Review (IFOSS L. Rev.) is a collaborative legal publication aiming to increase knowledge and understanding among lawyers about Free and Open Source Software issues.
  • International Journal of the CommonsA journal that discusses resources that can be shared and used collectively.
  • Introduction to Basic Legal CitationUS legal citation.
  • Introduction to Economic Analysis'This book presents standard intermediate microeconomics material and some material that, in the authors' view, ought to be standard but is not.'
  • Is Behavioral Economics Doomed?'Those of you who have read about – and who has not? – the current economic crisis may wonder just how rational economic man or woman is. Behavioral economics has become the modern rage. So is rational economic man – homo economicus – dead?'
  • Is It Open Data?"We've made it easy for you to make enquiries to data holders about the openness of the material they hold — and to record publicly the results of those efforts."
  • It's a Jetsons WorldA book which contrasts extraordinary private innovation with government recalcitrance.
  • Konkani Vishkawosh'Konkani Vishwakosh is a four-volume hard copy encyclopedia (3632 pages) published by Goa University; a work that took over 14 years to develop.'
  • La Cura, an Open Source Cure"A brain cancer. Some very personal Open Data. An opportunity."
  • Let's CCA South Korean search engine for Creative Commons materials.
  • Libertarian PapersA journal of libertarian scholarship.
  • Libre CultureAn anthology arguing for freeing up works from copyright.
  • Libre Graphics MagazineA magazine focused on GIMP, Inkscape and other open source graphics software — as well as the art created from that software.
  • LibrebusA project to raise awareness of libre.
  • Light And Matter'This is an introductory text intended for a one-year introductory course of the type typically taken by biology majors, or for AP Physics B.'
  • Linked Open Vocabularies'[Y]our entry point to the growing ecosystem of linked open vocabularies (RDFS or OWL ontologies) used in the Linked Data Cloud.'
  • LinvixA Spanish language Linux magazine.
  • Media Studies 101Creative Commons crowdsourced textbook.
  • Moving Image ContestThe results of a contest to explain the tension between culture and copyright.
  • MuktwareA Linux magazine.
  • myPolice DataQueensland police force sharing its crimes data.
  • National Elevation Data Framework'Digital elevation data which describes Australia's landforms and seabed'
  • National Repository of Open Educational Resources'National Repository of Open Educational Resources offers resources for all school subjects and grades in multiple languages. The resources are available in the form of concept maps, videos, audio clips, talking books, multimedia, learning objects, photographs, diagrams, charts, articles, wikipages and textbooks.'
  • New Education HighwayA non-profit working with OER and local educators.
  • OER@AVUAcademic material from African universities.
  • Oil ContractsUnderstanding how oil contracts work - over 200 pages.
  • On the Commons'On the Commons (OTC) is a commons movement strategy center founded in 2001. [Its] purpose is to activate the emergence of a commons-based society'.
  • Open Access EBooks'This chapter discusses what Open Access means in the context of e-books, how Open Access e-books can be supported, and the roles that Open Access e-books will play in libraries and in our society.'
  • Open Bibliographic Data Guide'[T]he business cases for Open Bibliographic Data – releasing some or all of a library’s catalogue records for open use and re-use by others.'
  • Open Data Hackathon How To GuideA guide on holding your own hackathon.
  • Open Data Handbook'This handbook introduces you to the legal, social and technical aspects of open data. It can be used by anyone but is especially useful for those working with government data. It discusses the why, what and how of open data – why to go open, what open is, and the how to do open.'
  • Open Data, Open SocietyA research project about openness of public data in EU local administrations
  • Open Educational Resources in the People’s Republic of China"IITE has published a new analytical survey “Open Educational Resources in the People’s Republic of China: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects for Development” prepared by Chunyan Wang and Guodong Zhao."
  • Open English BibleA project to create a modern public domain translation of the Bible.
  • Open Hardware JournalA journal about open hardware.
  • Open Minded CEOsA book.
  • Open Source Licensing' Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law'
  • Open StatesView US legislation.
  • Open the FutureA futurism blog.
  • Open Translation ToolsOpen source translation software.
  • OpenChemAn entire chemistry curriculum.
  • Oppia'Oppia is a tool for creating interactive online activities that enable students to learn by doing.'
  • Oral Literature in Africa'First published in 1970 by Oxford University Press, this classic study has been hailed as "the single most authoritative work on oral literature”. It traces the history of story-telling in Africa, and brings to life the diverse forms of creativity across the African continent'
  • Paleobiology DatabaseData and photos of extinct animals and plants.
  • Perspectives on Open and Distance Learning'[D]escribes the [OER] movement in detail, providing readers with insight into OER’s significant benefits, its theory and practice, and its achievements and challenges.'
  • #PHONARUndergraduate photography class.
  • Producing Open Source Software"How to Run a Successful Free Software Project"
  • Queensland Government Data'The Queensland Government will release as much public data as possible, free to anyone who wishes to use it. This data has been gathered using public money and is the property of the people of Queensland and so, where suitable, we will release it.'
  • RecordAGravePhotographs and transcriptions of tombstones.
  • Right To MusicA free, fair, independent music advocacy group.
  • Right2RemixAdvocating for legal remixing.
  • Sharing is LibertyA blog about copyright reform.
  • Smartcopying'The Official Guide to Copyright Issues for Australian Schools and TAFE'
  • So You Want to Be a Librarian'Provides information about librarianship as a career, including types of libraries, types of jobs within libraries, professional issues, and educational requirements.'
  • Spectrum of RightsA cute explanation of how Creative Commons licences work
  • Start Programming with PythonA guide to programming with Python.
  • Superpower WikiA wiki that describes thousands of supernatural powers.
  • Syria DeeplyNews on the conflict in Syria.
  • Teaching Copyright'EFF's Teaching Copyright curriculum was created to help teachers present the laws surrounding digital rights in a balanced way.'
  • Terms of Service; Didn't Read'We are a user rights initiative to rate and label website terms & privacy policies, from very good to very bad.'
  • Tex for the Impatient'TeX for the Impatient is a ~350 page book on TeX, plain TeX, and Eplain, written by Paul Abrahams, Kathryn Hargreaves, and Karl Berry.'
  • The Case for Copyright Reform"The book is a compilation of the strongest articles on reform of the copyright monopoly from Christian Engström (MEP) and [Rick Falkvinge]"
  • The Classic Short Story, 1870-1925: Theory Of A Genre'In this challenging and far-reaching study, Goyet looks at classic short stories in the context in which they were read at the time: cheap newspapers and higher-end periodicals.'
  • The Democracy of Objects'Since Kant, philosophy has been obsessed with epistemological questions pertaining to the relationship between mind and world and human access to objects. In The Democracy of Objects, Bryant proposes that we break with this tradition and once again initiate the project of ontology as first philosophy.'
  • The Digital Public Domain"[T]he authors argue that the Public Domain — that is, the informational works owned by all of us, be that literature, music, the output of scientific research, educational material or public sector information — is fundamental to a healthy society."
  • The Foundations for an Open Source CityA book about how Raleigh, North Carolina became an 'open source city'.
  • The GNU C Programming Tutorial"This book is a tutorial for the computer programming language C."
  • The Libre Labyrinth"Navigating the Maze of Free and NonFree Licenses"
  • The Open Book'The Open Book is a crowdsourced publication that introduces the global movement for open knowledge in the words of those who are helping to build it today.'
  • The Open Source WayA book about open source projects.
  • The Open UtopiaAn open content take on Thomas More's Utopia.
  • The Peeragogy Handbook'The Handbook is the world’s first book to present Peeragogy, a synthesis of techniques for collaborative learning and collaborative work.'
  • The Power of OpenA book from Creative Commons about how those licences have been used in various projects.
  • The Psychology of Emotions, Feelings and Thoughts"This book makes the statement that thought, action and feeling can occur in any order, it also puts forth the idea that life is divided into three groups, emotion, thinking, and feeling."
  • The Python Game BookWhat it says in the title.
  • The Social Media Reader'Culling a broad range and incorporating different styles of scholarship from foundational pieces and published articles to unpublished pieces, journalistic accounts, personal narratives from blogs, and whitepapers, The Social Media Reader promises to be an essential text, with contributions from Lawrence Lessig, Henry Jenkins, Clay Shirky, Tim O'Reilly, Chris Anderson, Yochai Benkler, danah boyd, and Fred von Loehmann, to name a few.'
  • The Wealth of the Commons'A new collection of 73 essays that describe the enormous potential of the commons in conceptualizing and building a better future'
  • TINTThis is Not This is Not a Podcast - a sports podcast.
  • Top Ten Open Source Gifts for the Holidays'The opensource.com team gathered ten of our favorite gadgets to help you pick out that perfect present for that special (open source) someone.'
  • Triangle WikiA wiki about the Triangle Region.
  • Trolling Effects'Trolling Effects is a resource for those who have been targeted by patent trolls.'
  • Understanding Changes in Poverty"Understanding Changes in Poverty brings together different methods to decompose the contributions to poverty reduction."
  • WE_MagazineA magazine about collective action.
  • What's the Deal with Copyright and 3D PrintingWhat it says.
  • Why Open Education MattersA contest where people were asked to 'Create a short video that explains the benefits and promise of Open Educational Resources for teachers, students and schools everywhere.'
  • Why the Heck Should I Care about the TPP?What it says.
  • WikipediaA libre encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
  • WikiPremed MCAT Course'WikiPremed's mission is to lower economic barriers to becoming a doctor and to improve the quality of MCAT review for everyone.'
  • Winning the Web'[T]his report represents a comprehensive survey of techniques employed in recent access to knowledge (A2K) activism that have succeeded in taking intellectual property (IP) reform issues to a wide audience.'
  • Writer's Dice GuideA guide for using writer's dice.
  • YorokobuA Spanish language magazine about innovation, inspiration, trends, sustainability and the adventures of entrepreneurs.

Sources of Information

  • 4uPressA crowdsourced newspaper/
  • Against MonopolyA blog on intellectual property.
  • Australian Digital AllianceAn Australian body providing a 'balanced voice' in copyright discussions.
  • Australian Electoral CommissionThe government body that supervises and manages elections.
  • Australian GovernmentThe government of the Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Authors Alliance'The Authors Alliance embraces the unprecedented potential digital networks have for the creation and distribution of knowledge and culture. We represent the interests of authors who want to harness this potential to share their creations more broadly in order to serve the public good.'
  • Center for the Study of Innovative FreedomAnti-IP libertarian blog from Stephen Kinsella.
  • Center For The Study Of The Public DomainA center at Duke Law School.
  • CommentHow.comStep-By-Step DIY Tutorials for any of the world's almost 7,000 languages.
  • Commonwealth of LearningAn organisation which encourages the sharing of research, knowledge and technology.
  • Communia'The Association’s mission is to educate about, advocate for, offer expertise and research about the public domain in the digital age within society and with policy-makers.'
  • Comunes'Comunes is a non-profit collective dedicated to facilitating the use of free/libre web tools and resources to collectives and activists alike, with the hopes of encouraging the Commons.'
  • ConnexionsAn open education repository.
  • CopySouth Research GroupA group of researchers seeking to reveal the negative impact of copyright on the Global South.
  • CreationistasA lobbying site in favour of fair use.
  • Creative CommonsA non-profit organisation devoted to increasing the number of works available for all to share and adapt.
  • Crystal ObeliskA collection of resources for medieval study and tabletop gaming.
  • dados.gov.brA portal to the Brazilian government's open data.
  • data.gov.au'Data.gov.au provides an easy way to find, access and reuse public datasets from the Australian Government and state and territory governments.'
  • data.gv.atData from the Austrian government.
  • dati.camera.itData from the Italian Parliament.
  • David Bollier"David Bollier is a journalist, activist, and longtime scholar of the commons."
  • David K LevineAn author.
  • Directory of Open Access Journals'Directory of Open Access Journals is a service that provides access to quality controlled Open Access Journals.'
  • Electronic Frontier Foundation'Defending your rights in the digital world'
  • FarmSubsidy.org'The European Union spends around €55 billion a year on farm subsidies. This website helps people find out who gets what, and why.'
  • Free Curricula CenterThe Free Curricula Center (FCC) helps students worldwide reach their educational potential by producing and distributing university-level curricula that can be copied freely and modified cooperatively.
  • FreebaseA repository of structured data.
  • FreeLabA 'technical support collective for freedom oriented intentional communities'
  • Global VoicesA network of bloggers.
  • GoodSemesterA place to share class notes.
  • Greg LondonA programmer, science fiction author and copyright minimalist.
  • Harvard Library Open MetadataMetadata from the Harvard Library.
  • iCommons"iCommons is a registered UK charity that promotes collaboration among proponents of open education, access to knowledge, free software, open access publishing and free culture communities around the world."
  • Institute of Network CulturesAn institute which studies media, networks and the Internet.
  • Internet ArchiveAn organisation devoted to permanent access to digital collections.
  • Italian Constitutional CourtHas an experimental open data section.
  • Jagannath MohantyAn Odia author and academic.
  • Jono BaconMan who is involved in Ubuntu community, also in a band.
  • Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication"The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication is a quarterly, peer-reviewed open-access publication for original articles, reviews and case studies that analyze or describe the strategies, partnerships and impact of library-led digital projects, online publishing and scholarly communication initiatives."
  • Journal of Sustainable DevelopmentA transdisciplinary international journal published monthly.
  • K-12 Tech Tools'This website features a collection of free, kid-safe, online resources categorized by subject, grade level, and standard'
  • La Quadrature du Net'La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group defending the rights and freedoms of citizens on the Internet.'
  • La Scuola in ChiaroData about Italian education.
  • Lawrence LiangA lawyer.
  • LectureLeaksA site that encourages students to post recordings of their lectures.
  • Libre Graphics Research Unit'The Libre Graphics Research Unit is a traveling lab where new ideas for creative tools are developed.'
  • Libre ProjectsA very attractive site that presents key libre projects.
  • Lumen LearningOpen course frameworks: blueprints for teaching with OER
  • LWN.net'LWN.net is a computing webzine with an emphasis on free software and software for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.'
  • mathispower4u'This site provides over 2,600 free mini-lessons and example videos with no ads. The videos are organized by course and topic.'
  • Move Commons'Move Commons is a simple tool for connecting potential volunteers and contributors to initiatives, collectives and NGOs. '
  • Nina PaleyQuestion Copyright's artist in residence.
  • OER Knowledge Cloud'The OER Knowledge Cloud has been established to identify, collect, preserve and disseminate available documents of enduring value to researchers, industry, government, scholars, writers, historians, journalists and informal learners.'
  • OERu'OERu gives you the chance to study independently, from home, with access to world-class courses from recognised institutions.'
  • OnlineComputerBooks.comA website with many free ebooks, some of which are open.
  • Open Book PublishersA publisher of open access and shareable books.
  • Open Course Library'The Open Course Library is a collection of expertly developed educational materials – including textbooks, syllabi, course activities, readings, and assessments – in 81 high-enrollment college courses.'
  • Open Educational Resources for Teacher EducationThe name says it all.
  • Open Food Facts'Open Food Facts gathers information and data on food products from around the world.'
  • Open Knowledge Foundation'We build tools and communities to promote open knowledge around the world.'
  • Open LibraryA project to create one page for every book ever published.
  • Open Library of the Humanities'Welcome to the initial ideas hub for the Open LIbrary of Humanities (OLH): a project exploring a PLOS-style model for the humanities and social sciences.'
  • Open Policy Network'The mission of the Open Policy Network is to foster the creation, adoption and implementation of open policies and practices that advance the public good by supporting open policy advocates, organizations and policy makers, connecting open policy opportunities with assistance, and sharing open policy information.'
  • Open Science Federation'The Open Science Federation is a nonprofit alliance working to improve the conduct and communication of science.'
  • OpenCorporatesA database on corporations.
  • OpenLibraOpenLibra "La Biblioteca Libre online que estabas esperando"
  • opensource.com"At opensource.com, we want to show you the places where the open source way is multiplying ideas and effort, even beyond technology."
  • OpenStax CNXA repository of OER.
  • Openstax College'OpenStax College offers students free textbooks that meet scope and sequence requirements for most courses.'
  • OpenTextBookStore'We scour the Internet for the best quality textbooks issued under open licenses that allow for printing.'
  • O'ReillyA publishing company.
  • P2PUAn online learning community.
  • President of RussiaThe website of the President of the Russian Federation.
  • Public Domain ReviewReviews and catalogues of works in the public domain.
  • Public KnowledgePreserves 'the openness of the Internet and the public's access to knowledge, promotes creativity through balanced copyright, and upholds and protects the rights of consumers to use innovative technology lawfully.'
  • Public Library of Science (PLOS)Scientific and medical knowledge shared with the world.
  • Queensland University of TechnologyWhat it says.
  • QuestionCopyright.orgAn advocacy group for copyright reform.
  • Rad Geek People's Daily'official state media for a secessionist republic of one.'
  • Richard StallmanFree software advocate and guru.
  • SafecastA project to empower people with data by distributing the load of data collection.
  • Saylor FoundationA foundation to make education free for all.
  • Simone AliprandiA researcher into copyright.
  • SPARC'[A]n international alliance of academic and research libraries working to correct imbalances in the scholarly publishing system.'
  • SpringerOpenAn open access publisher in medicine, science and technology.
  • Standford Engineering Everywhere'SEE programming includes one of Stanford’s most popular engineering sequences: the three-course Introduction to Computer Science taken by the majority of Stanford undergraduates, and seven more advanced courses in artificial intelligence and electrical engineering.'
  • Stephen KinsellaAn anti-IP libertarian writer and lawyer.
  • TalisA private company in the 'innovation business'.
  • TechdirtA tech news site.
  • The Libertarian StandardA libertarian blog.
  • Traficantes de SueñosA Spanish book publisher.
  • unglue.itA project to crowdfund the application of Creative Commons licensing
  • UNZ.orgA collection of scanned journal articles.
  • White HouseThe website of the President of the United States.
  • Wikidata'Wikidata is a free knowledge base that can be read and edited by humans and machines alike.'
  • Wikimedia FoundationA free culture project that gathers a number of wikis.
  • Wikinews"The Wikinews project is a free content news source of the Wikimedia Foundation that seeks to provide content, free of charge, where everyone is invited to contribute reports about events large and small, either from direct experience, or summarized from elsewhere."
  • Wiley Open AccessA variety of journals published by Wiley.
  • World Bank Open Knowledge Repository"The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) is The World Bank’s official open access repository for its research outputs and knowledge products."
  • Zenhabits'Zen Habits is about finding simplicity in the daily chaos of our lives.'
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