Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking

by E. Gabriella Coleman

Book Overview

Who are computer hackers? What is free software? And what does the emergence of a community dedicated to the production of free and open source software--and to hacking as a technical, aesthetic, and moral project--reveal about the values of contemporary liberalism? Exploring the rise and political significance of the free and open source software (F/OSS) movement in the United States and Europe, Coding Freedom details the ethics behind hackers'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691144613
• ISBN13: 9780691144610
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"