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| Type d’ouvrage : | Ressource Internet |
|---|---|
| Format : | Livre, Ressource Internet |
| Tous les auteurs / collaborateurs : |
Samir Chopra; Scott Dexter |
| ISBN : | 0415978939 9780415978934 |
| Numéro OCLC : | 81150603 |
| Description : | xviii, 211 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contenu : | Acknowledgments -- 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 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Titre de collection : | Routledge studies in new media and cyberculture. |
| Responsabilité : | Samir Chopra and Scott D. Dexter. |
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Critiques
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As Open Source software continues its successful penetration of mainstream business practice and economic thought, we're at risk of losing sight of a critical part of what Richard Stallman meant when he said the 'free' part of free software is like free speech, not free beer. In Decoding Liberalism, Samir Chopra and Scott Dexter recapture and extend a part of the conversation that will ultimately be much more important than business models, patent and copyright law, or total cost of ownership for a piece of software. What does the open source model offer to political, artistic, and scientific freedom, and thus to the human enterprise of creativity beyond the guts of a computing machine? Their book is an eloquent, thoughtful, adventurous, and exciting dive into what really matters about changing the rules of code.--Steven Weber, author of The Success of Open Source An exceptionally well-written and conceptualized work on an underexplored area of computer science. Summing Up: Highly recommended.--Choice [A] unique, important, and sympathetic examination!Decoding Liberation unpacks the history, ethics, political economy, and aesthetic practice of free software production. Chopra and Dexter examine FOSS as a philosophically inspired social movement built by hackers and wrought through the creation of technology. There is a philosophy and politics to all technology, as the authors repeatedly point out, but FOSS practice makes these more explicit and more visible in ways that make it an ideal target for their interdisciplinary analysis. A technologically grounded and philosophical evaluation of technical practice and artifacts, Chopra and Dexter's approach is an effective and deeply appropriate fit for FOSS.--Minds and Machines This would be a very useful text for students looking to cover the literature on FLOSS, particularly those from a science background who wish to know more about the social and philosophical side of software development.--Theory, Culture & Societya It is the rare work in this space that I can recommend equally to the novice and expert, but Decoding Liberation is one. Additionally, individuals from a broad range of disciplines will be able to find something that resonates here. This is perhaps the work's chief value: because it is accessible to so many, it has the potential to spur further discussion on these issues in a way that many works could never expect. Decoding Liberation is a remarkable collaboration that invites further debate.--Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies As the first sustained philosophical treatment of the Free and Open Source Software movements,aDecoding Liberationaachieves one thing for certain. By covering broad areas of the philosophical landscape--political philosophy, aesthetics, ethics, and philosophy of science--Chopra and Dexter have shown the range of FOSS issues that can be informed by philosophy. In opting to paint with a broad brush, they have, I believe, opened many spaces for critical dialog.--APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers Lire la suite...
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