Free software, the internet, and global communities of resistance

Free software, the internet, and global communities of resistance

by Schoonmaker, Sara

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This book explores software's pivotal role as the code that powers computers, mobile devices, the Internet, and social media. Creating conditions for the ongoing development and use of software, including the Internet as a communications infrastructure, is one of the most compelling issues of our time. Free software is based upon open source code, developed in peer communities as well as corporate settings, challenging the dominance of proprietary software firms and promoting the digital common…

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  • Full title :Free software, the internet, and global communities of resistance / Sara Schoonmaker.

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This book explores software's pivotal role as the code that powers computers, mobile devices, the Internet, and social media. Creating conditions for the ongoing development and use of software, including the Internet as a communications infrastructure, is one of the most compelling issues of our time. Free software is based upon open source code, developed in peer communities as well as corporate settings, challenging the dominance of proprietary software firms and promoting the digital commons. Drawing upon key cases and interviews with free software proponents based in Europe, Brazil and the U.S., the book explores pathways toward creating the digital commons and examines contemporary political struggles over free software, privacy and civil rights on the Internet that are vital for the commons' continued development.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2018.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Routledge
  • Place of Publication:New York, NY
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2018.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781315672786, 1315672782, 1138942987, 9781138942981, 9781317374190, 1317374193, 9781317374206, 1317374207, 9781317374183, 1317374185
  • oclc:on1020486593
  • LC Classification:QA76.76.F75
  • Dewey Decimal:005.3

Subjects

Computer software industry COMPUTERS -- Software Development & Eng… Computers and civilization Digital media Free computer software Information technology -- Social aspects Internet Logiciels -- Industrie Logiciels gratuits Médias numériques Mouvements sociaux Ordinateurs et civilisation Social movements Technologie de l'information -- Aspect …

Writers

Schoonmaker, Sara

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