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Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman and the Free
Sam Williams
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Description for Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman and the Free
Paperback. Free as in Freedom interweaves biographical snapshots of GNU project founder Richard Stallman with the political, social and economic history of the free software movement. It examines Stallman's unique personality and how that personality has been at turns a driving force and a drawback in terms of the movement's overall success. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; KNDH; UBJ. Category: (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 141 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
Free as in Freedom interweaves biographical snapshots of GNU project founder Richard Stallman with the political, social and economic history of the free software movement. It examines Stallman's unique personality and how that personality has been at turns a driving force and a drawback in terms of the movement's overall success. Free as in Freedom examines one man's 20-year attempt to codify and communicate the ethics of 1970s era hacking culture in such a way that later generations might easily share and build upon the knowledge of their computing forebears. The book documents Stallman's personal evolution from teenage ... Read more
Free as in Freedom interweaves biographical snapshots of GNU project founder Richard Stallman with the political, social and economic history of the free software movement. It examines Stallman's unique personality and how that personality has been at turns a driving force and a drawback in terms of the movement's overall success. Free as in Freedom examines one man's 20-year attempt to codify and communicate the ethics of 1970s era hacking culture in such a way that later generations might easily share and build upon the knowledge of their computing forebears. The book documents Stallman's personal evolution from teenage ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
O´Reilly Media, Inc, USA United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
290g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Sebastopol, United States
ISBN
9781449324643
SKU
V9781449324643
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About Sam Williams
Sam Williams is a freelance writer living in Brooklyn, New York, and the author of O'Reilly's Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software. He has covered high-tech culture, specifically software development culture, for a number of Web sites. From 1998-2001, he wrote Open Season, a weekly column on the open source software community for Upside ... Read more
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