Hacking Capitalism: The Free and Open Source Software Movement
Author:   Johan Söderberg
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Volume:   v. 9
ISBN:  

9780415955430


Pages:   252
Publication Date:   13 November 2007
Format:   Hardback
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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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Author:   Johan Söderberg
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   v. 9
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9780415955430


ISBN 10:   0415955432
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   13 November 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. A Background of the Hacker Movement 2. FOSS Development in a Post-Fordist Perspective 3. Commodification of Information 4. Consumption and Needs of Information Goods 5. Production of Information 6. Markets and Gift in the Networked Economy 7. Play Struggle of Hackers

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...an excellent resource for those interested in Marxist studies, labor history, the FOSS movement, and current trends in computing... Recommended. - P. L. Kantor, University of Advancing Technology, Choice


...an excellent resource for those interested in Marxist studies, labor history, the FOSS movement, and current trends in computing... Recommended. - P. L. Kantor, University of Advancing Technology, Choice


""...an excellent resource for those interested in Marxist studies, labor history, the FOSS movement, and current trends in computing... Recommended."" - P. L. Kantor, University of Advancing Technology, Choice


...an excellent resource for those interested in Marxist studies, labor history, the FOSS movement, and current trends in computing... Recommended. - P. L. Kantor, University of Advancing Technology, Choice


Author Information

Johan Söderberg was educated at the Falmouth College of Arts in England and holds a degree in Science and Technology Policy from Lund University, Sweden.

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