Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking

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Название: Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking

автор: E. Gabriella Coleman

Издательство: Princeton University Press

Год выпуска: 2012

ISBN: 978-0691144610

Формат: PDF, EPUB

Размер: 10.74 MB

Количество страниц: 264

Язык: Английский

Описание: Who are computer hackers? What is free software? And what does the emergence of a community dedicated to the production of free and open source software--and to hacking as a technical, aesthetic, and moral project--reveal about the values of contemporary liberalism? Exploring the rise and political significance of the free and open source software (F/OSS) movement in the United States and Europe, Coding Freedom details the ethics behind hackers' devotion to F/OSS, the social codes that guide its production, and the political struggles through which hackers question the scope and direction of copyright and patent law. In telling the story of the F/OSS movement, the book unfolds a broader narrative involving computing, the politics of access, and intellectual property.