Decoding Liberation: The Promise of Free and Open Source Software

ISBN-13: 9780415978934 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 232 str.

Samir Chopra;Scott Dexter;Samir Chopra

Opis

This book provides a synoptic perspective on the relationships between free software and freedom. The book focuses on five main themes:

• emancipatory potential of technology
• social liberties
• the facilitation of creativity
• the objectivity of computing as a scientific practice
• the role of software in a cyborg world

and asks: are the freedoms of free software, and how are they manifested? Free software continues to be hyped. This book demonstrates that the hype is well-founded and yet too narrowly focused: free software promises to transform not only technology but society as well.

Spis treści

Contents  Introduction  1. Free Software and Political Economy   2. The Ethics of Free Software   3. Free Software and the Aesthetics of Code  4. Free Software and the Scientific Practice of Computer Science  5. Free Software and the Political Philosophy of the Cyborg World   Bibliography