๐ง Citation Quality Hierarchy
Tier 1 โ Strongest
Peer-reviewed papers (arXiv, IEEE, ACM), government standards (NIST, NSA, CISA), official technical docs
Tier 2 โ Strong
Industry research (Gartner, McKinsey, HBR), official project docs (GitHub, org sites), specs (RFCs, W3C)
Tier 3 โ Supporting
Technical publications, expert blog posts, conference presentations
Open Source History & Philosophy
Origins of Open Source Movement
GNU Project & FSF (1983)
Richard Stallman's GNU Manifesto
gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html
FSF History
fsf.org/about/history
"What is Free Software?"
gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
Linux Kernel (1991)
Torvalds' Original Announcement
cs.cmu.edu/~awb/linux.history.html
Linux Foundation
linuxfoundation.org/about
Open Source Initiative (1998)
Local AI Models & Performance
Ollama Framework
LLaMA Family (Meta)
Mistral, Gemma, Phi & DeepSeek
Privacy & Encryption Standards
AES-256 Encryption
PII & Regulatory Standards
Business Case & ROI
Security & Compliance
Standards & Frameworks
AI Model Comparisons
Enterprise Architecture
Agentic AI Frameworks
Additional Academic Resources
Foundational AI Papers
Privacy Research
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