1st Edition
Decoding Liberation The Promise of Free and Open Source Software
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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Software is more than a set of instructions for computers: it enables (and disables) political imperatives and policies. Nowhere is the potential for radical social and political change more apparent than in the practice and movement known as "free software." Free software makes the knowledge and innovation of its creators publicly available. This... Read more
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
Biography
Samir Chopra is Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.
Scott Dexter is an Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.
"An exceptionally well-written and conceptualized work on an underexplored area of computer science...Highly recommended." --CHOICE
