Coding freedom [ the ethics and aesthetics of hacking
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...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press ,
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| Online Access: | http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/iviewer/PUPB0001800/userkey/pc/1/0/read.html |
| Summary: | 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 o |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-247) and index |
| ISBN: | 1400845297 9780691144603 9780691144610 9781400845293 |