Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software

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dc.contributor.authorKelty, Christopher
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-17T20:46:07Z
dc.date.available2010-06-17T20:46:07Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.descriptionRefereed
dc.descriptionContents: Part I, THE INTERNET: 1. Geeks and Recursive Publics; 2. Protestant Reformers, Polymaths, Transhumanists; Part II, FREE SOFTWARE: 3. The Movement; 4. Sharing Source Code; 5. Conceiving Open Systems; 6. Writing Copyright Licenses; 7. Coordinating Collaborations; Part III, MODULATIONS: 8. "If We Succeed, We Will Disappear"; 9. Reuse, Modification, and the Nonexistence of Norms; Conclusion: The Cultural Consequences of Free Software
dc.description.abstractThis is a book about Free Software, also known as Open Source Software, and is meant for anyone who wants to understand the cultural significance of Free Software. Two Bits explains how Free Software works and how it emerged in tandem with the Internet as both a technical and a social form. Understanding Free Software in detail is the best way to understand many contentious and confusing changes related to the Internet, to “commons,” to software, and to networks. Whether you think first of e-mail, Napster, Wikipedia, MySpace, or Flickr; whether you think of the proliferation of databases, identity thieves, and privacy concerns; whether you think of traditional knowledge, patents on genes, the death of scholarly publishing, or compulsory licensing of AIDS medicine; whether you think of MoveOn.org or net neutrality or YouTube—the issues raised by these phenomena can be better understood by looking carefully at the emergence of Free Software.
dc.description.sponsorshipHASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory)
dc.identifier.citationKelty, Christopher. 2008. Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-8223-4242-7
dc.identifier.otherFormer Mana'o EPrint ID121
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10524/1624
dc.publisherDuke University Press
dc.relationhttp://www.dukeupress.edu/books.php3?isbn=978-0-8223-4264-9
dc.relationhttp://twobits.net/read/
dc.subjectFree Software
dc.subjectOpen Source Software
dc.subjectInternet
dc.subjectcollaboration
dc.subjectcopyright
dc.subjectculture
dc.subjectcommons
dc.subjectrecursive publics
dc.subject.lcshEthnology
dc.titleTwo Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software
dc.typeBook

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