Eric S. Raymond provides an analysis of why the development model used by the FreeDOS community has been so successful.
The free software community has recognized that the terms "free software" and "freely available software" are not appropriate in all contexts. For more information about using the term "open-source software" when marketing "free software", please visit the Open Source site.
FreeDOS Project home page is the place to go for the development and use of FreeDOS.
The FreeDOS Documentation Project is an invaluable resource for FreeDOS advocates.
The FreeDOS Maintainers Lists provide a list of applications that run on FreeDOS.
The Linux Advocacy Project's web site might be a good place to learn about effective free software advocacy.
Additional links to online publications can be found at the FreeDOS Project web site.