Decoding Liberation: The Promise of Free and Open Source Software

By Scott D. Dexter, Samir Chopra, Scott D Dexter, et al.

Book Overview

This book explores the relationship between the free software movement and freedom. Focusing on five main themes-the emancipatory potential of technology, social liberties, the facilitation of creativity, the objectivity of computing as a scientific practice, and the role of software in a cyborg world-the authors ask, what are the freedoms of free software, and how are they manifested?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415876788
• ISBN13: 9780415876780
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"