Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software

by Christopher M. Kelty

Book Overview

In Two Bits, Christopher M. Kelty investigates the history and cultural significance of Free Software, revealing the people and practices that have transformed not only software but also music, film, science, and education. Free Software is a set of practices devoted to the collaborative creation of software source code that is made openly and freely available through an unconventional use of copyright law. Kelty explains how these specific...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822342642
• ISBN13: 9780822342649
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"