Open voices eBooks
Free eBooks on open source
Opensource.com is a platform for discussing the ways open source is changing the world. Our articles explore how embracing open source principles and practices—like transparency, community, participation, collaboration, meritocracy, rapid prototyping, and sharing—can lead not only to a powerful method of engineering software, but to a whole way of life. An open source way of life.
Hundreds of stories have been shared with us about the power of these open source principles, each one an inspiring testament to the wonderful and and often surprising innovations a commitment to open source values can generate. They are the fruit of an ongoing conversation about living and working the open source way.
The Open Voices eBooks offer our most compelling essays and interviews as digestable collections. Read them, ponder them, and don’t forget to share them. Then join the conversation at opensource.com. We have many more stories to tell together.
Open minded CEOs
This collection features CEOs from some of today’s most intriguing companies. We call these leaders ’open-minded’ because of their intuitive sense that the open source way is the best way to do business.
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An open world: Stories from the open source community
This collection offers some of the most enpowering stories from our open source community—and perhaps you could be in the next edition.
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Applying open source principles to government
This collection features stories about government that illustrate the impact of open source on government and vice versa. There is a long journey left and we hope you'll share your experiences with us.

