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Two bits : the cultural significance of free software / Christopher M. Kelty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelty, Christopher M., 1972-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Experimental futures.
- Experimental futures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information society.
- Open source software--Social aspects.
- Open source software.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (397 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613022752
- 9781283022750
- 1283022753
- 9780822389002
- 0822389002
- OCLC:
- 232639474
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