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

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Isbns: 9781315672786; 1315672782; 1138942987; 9781138942981; 9781317374190; 1317374193; 9781317374206; 1317374207; 9781317374183; 1317374185
Oclc Number: (OCoLC)1020486593

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Place: New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 2018

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Extent: 1 online resource

Summary

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.