Two bits [[electronic resource] ] : the cultural significance of free software / / Christopher M. Kelty
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| Autore: |
Kelty Christopher M. <1972->
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| Titolo: |
Two bits [[electronic resource] ] : the cultural significance of free software / / Christopher M. Kelty
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| Pubblicazione: | Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (397 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 303.48/33 |
| Soggetto topico: | Information society |
| Open source software - Social aspects | |
| Classificazione: | LC 13000 |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Two bits |
| ISBN: | 1-283-02275-3 |
| 9786613022752 | |
| 0-8223-8900-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777994203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Experimental futures.