Tło historyczne

• Hackers: heroes of the computer revolution, Levy, Steven (1984)
• Just for Fun: the story of an accidental revolutionary, Torvalds, Linus and David Diamond (2001)
• Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's crusade for Free Software, Williams, Sam (2002)

Filozofia i inspiracje

• The Cathedral and the Bazaar, Raymond, Eric S. (1999)
• Open Source: the unauthorized white papers, Rosenberg, Donald K. (2000)

Aspekty techniczne

• Design of the Unix Operating System, Bach, Maurice J. (1987)
• Open Source Development with CVS, 2nd edition, Bar, Moshe and Karl Franz Fogel (2001)
• Red Hat Linux 7.2 Bible, Negus, Christopher (2001)