Choosing and Using Free and Open Source Software: A primer for nonprofits
“Describes what open source software is and what impact this type of software may have on the nonprofit sector.”
Includes:
* case-studies of nonprofits of various sizes that are using open source software,
* a process for evaluating whether or not open source is right for an organization,
* a live feed of Social Source Commons FOSS toolkits
* and useful resources and information.
Written primarily in non-technical language, the Primer is accessible to a wide audience, including nonprofit managers with little hands-on technical expertise.
Access the primer at http://nosi.net/projects/primer
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