Hacking Capitalism: The Free and Open Source Software Movement / Edition 1

by Johan Söderberg

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415955430
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/13/2007
Series:	Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

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

Editorial Reviews

"...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

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