Coding Freedom The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking

Name: Coding Freedom The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking
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ISBN: 9780691144610

ISBN-10: 0691144613

ISBN-13: 9780691144610

Edition: 2013

Authors: E. Gabriella Coleman

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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 of the F/OSS movement, the book unfolds a broader…

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List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 12/2/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.09" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: A Tale of Two Worlds



Histories



The Life of a Free Software Hacker



A Tale of Two Legal Regimes



Codes of Value



The Craft and Craftiness of Hacking



Two Ethical Moments in Debian



The Politics of Avowal and Disavowal



Code Is Speech


Conclusion: The Cultural Critique of Intellectual Property Law


Epilogue: How to Proliferate Distinctions, Not Destroy Them


Notes


References


Index