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Free Software, the Internet, and Global Communities of Resistance

Sara Schoonmaker
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      This book explores software's pivotal role as the code that powers computers, mobile devices, the Internet, and social media. Creating conditions for the ongoing development and use of software, including the Internet as a communications infrastructure, is one of the most compelling issues of our time. Free software is based upon open source code, developed in peer communities as well as corporate settings, challenging the dominance of proprietary software firms and promoting the digital commons. Drawing upon key cases and interviews with free software proponents based in Europe, Brazil and the U.S., the book explores pathways toward creating the digital commons and examines contemporary political struggles over free software, privacy and civil liberties on the Internet that are vital for the commons' continued development.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Sara Schoonmaker EAN: 9780367874643 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 362 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-12-10 CITY: GENRE: COMPUTERS / Software Development & Engineering / General, COMPUTERS / Internet / Application Development, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Communication studies, Regional / International studies, Development studies, Media studies, Ethnic studies, Sociology, Politics and government, Political economy, Jurisprudence and general issues, Intellectual property law, History, Science funding and policy, Scientific research, Software Engineering, Computer science

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      Sara Schoonmaker is Professor of Sociology at the University of Redlands, USA.
      This book explores software's pivotal role as the code that powers computers, mobile devices, the Internet, and social media. Creating conditions for the ongoing development and use of software, including the Internet as a communications infrastructure, is one of the most compelling issues of our time. Free software is based upon open source code, developed in peer communities as well as corporate settings, challenging the dominance of proprietary software firms and promoting the digital commons. Drawing upon key cases and interviews with free software proponents based in Europe, Brazil and the U.S., the book explores pathways toward creating the digital commons and examines contemporary political struggles over free software, privacy and civil liberties on the Internet that are vital for the commons' continued development.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Sara Schoonmaker EAN: 9780367874643 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 362 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-12-10 CITY: GENRE: COMPUTERS / Software Development & Engineering / General, COMPUTERS / Internet / Application Development, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Communication studies, Regional / International studies, Development studies, Media studies, Ethnic studies, Sociology, Politics and government, Political economy, Jurisprudence and general issues, Intellectual property law, History, Science funding and policy, Scientific research, Software Engineering, Computer science

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      Sara Schoonmaker is Professor of Sociology at the University of Redlands, USA.

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