Two Bits - The Cultural Significance of Free Software

Informationen zum Autor Christopher M. Kelty Klappentext Ethnographic study of the programmers, engineers, and hackers who have shaped the internet since the 1970s and the battles that have been waged amongst them over the development of open source software. Zusammenfassung Investigates the history and cultural significance of Free Software. By exploring in detail how various practices came together as the Free Software movement from the 1970s to the 1990s! the author shows how it is possible to understand the new movements that are emerging out of Free Software: projects such as Creative Commons. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Part I. The Internet 1. Geeks and Recursive Publics 27 2. Protestant Reformers, Polymaths, Transhumanists 64 Part II. Free Software 3. The Movement 97 4. Sharing Source Code 118 5. Conceiving Open Systems 143 6. Writing Copyright Licenses 179 7. Coordinating Collaborations 210 Part III. Modulations 8. "If We Succeed, We Will Disappear" 243 9. Reuse, Modification, and the Nonexistence of Norms 269 Conclusion: The Cultural Consequences of Free Software 301 Notes 311 Bibliography 349 Index 367

Product details

• Authors: Christopher M Kelty, Christopher M. Kelty
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.06.2008
• EAN: 9780822342427
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4242-7
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Experimental Futures; Experimental Futures: Technolo; Experimental Futures; Experimental Futures: Technolo
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries