Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking - Couverture souple

Coleman, Enid Gabriella

 
9780691144610: Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0691144613 ISBN 13 : 9780691144610
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2012

Synopsis

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 narrative involving computing, the politics of access, and intellectual property.

E. Gabriella Coleman tracks the ways in which hackers collaborate and examines passionate manifestos, hacker humor, free software project governance, and festive hacker conferences. Looking at the ways that hackers sustain their productive freedom, Coleman shows that these activists, driven by a commitment to their work, reformulate key ideals including free speech, transparency, and meritocracy, and refuse restrictive intellectual protections. Coleman demonstrates how hacking, so often marginalized or misunderstood, sheds light on the continuing relevance of liberalism in online collaboration.

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À propos de l?auteur

E. Gabriella Coleman is the Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University.

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691144613
ISBN 13 
9780691144610
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
272
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0691144605 ISBN 13 :  9780691144603
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2012
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