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Decoding Liberation

The Promise of Free and Open Source Software

Decoding Liberation
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This book provides a synoptic perspective on the relationships between free software and freedom. The book focuses on five main themes:



  • emancipatory potential of technology

  • social liberties

  • the facilitation of creativity

  • the objectivity of computing as a scientific practice

  • the role of software in a cyborg world

and asks: are the freedoms of free software, and how are they manifested? Free software continues to be hyped. This book demonstrates that the hype is well-founded and yet too narrowly focused: free software promises to transform not only technology but society as well.

Taylor & Francis; August 2007
232 pages; ISBN 9781135864866
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