Free Software, the Internet, and Global Communities of Resistance

Sara Schoonmaker

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English

Routledge
06 February 2018

Regional studies; Communication studies; Hispanic & Latino studies; Software Engineering; Computer science

Series: Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture

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.

By: Sara Schoonmaker
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9781138942981
ISBN 10: 1138942987
Series: Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 06 February 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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