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Hacking Capitalism: The Free and Open Source Software Movement

By: Publication details: United Kingdom; Taylor & Francis Ltd; 10 May 2012Description: 252 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9780415541374
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 005.1
Summary: The Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement demonstrates how labour can self-organise production, and, as is shown by the free operating system GNU/Linux, even compete with some of the worlds largest firms. The book examines the hopes of such thinkers as Friedrich Schiller, Karl Marx, Herbert Marcuse and Antonio Negri, in the light of the recent achievements of the hacker movement. This book is the first to examine a different kind of political activism that consists in the development of technology from below.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi In Store 005.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC012270
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore Computing and the Internet 005.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC017338
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The Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement demonstrates how labour can self-organise production, and, as is shown by the free operating system GNU/Linux, even compete with some of the worlds largest firms. The book examines the hopes of such thinkers as Friedrich Schiller, Karl Marx, Herbert Marcuse and Antonio Negri, in the light of the recent achievements of the hacker movement. This book is the first to examine a different kind of political activism that consists in the development of technology from below.

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