Coding Freedom

Author: E. Gabriella Coleman
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0691144613

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 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. Get Coding Freedom computer books for free.
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