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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Main Author: Coleman, E. Gabriella , 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press , c2013
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Online Access:http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/iviewer/PUPB0001800/userkey/pc/1/0/read.html

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505 0 |a 1. The life of a free software hacker -- 2. A tale of two legal regimes -- 3. The craft and craftiness of hacking -- 4. Two ethical movements in Debian -- 5. Code is speech 
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