Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of HackingWho 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. |
Contents
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HISTORIES | 23 |
CODES OF VALUE | 91 |
THE POLITICS OF AVOWAL AND DISAVOWAL | 159 |
The Cultural Critique of Intellectual Property Law | 185 |
How to Proliferate Distinctions Not Destroy Them | 207 |
Notes | 211 |
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