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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968184803321

Autore

Kelty Christopher M. <1972->

Titolo

Two bits : the cultural significance of free software / / Christopher M. Kelty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008

ISBN

9786613022752

9781283022750

1283022753

9780822389002

0822389002

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (397 p.)

Collana

Experimental futures

Classificazione

LC 13000

Disciplina

303.48/33

303.4833

Soggetti

Information society

Open source software - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. The Internet. Geeks and recursive publics. Protestant reformers, polymaths, transhumanists -- Part II. Free software. The movement. Sharing source code. Conceiving open systems. Writing copyright licenses. Coordinating collaborations -- Part III. Modulations. "If we succeed, we will disappear" Reuse, modification, and the nonexistence of norms. Conclusion: the cultural consequences of free software.

Sommario/riassunto

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.