Hacking Capitalism - The Free and Open Source Software Movement (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society
Release date:	May 2012
First published:	2008
Authors:	Johan Soederberg
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	252
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-54137-4
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > Computer programming > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic systems > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Information technology industries
LSN:	0-415-54137-9
Barcode:	9780415541374

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