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27%OFFE. Gabriella Coleman - Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking - 9780691144610 - V9780691144610
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Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking

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Description for Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking Paperback. Exploring the rise and political significance of the free and open source software (F/OSS) movement in the US and Europe, this title 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. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMD; JHB; URH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
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. In telling the story ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691144610
SKU
V9780691144610
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About E. Gabriella Coleman
E. Gabriella Coleman is the Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University.

Reviews for Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013 "Coding Freedom is insightful and fascinating, a superbly observed picture of the motives, divisions and history of the free software and software freedom world."
Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing "Anyone who thinks about programmers, open source, online communities, or the politics of intellectual property should have a copy of Coding Freedom on the shelf. It ... Read more

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