Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software
Ethnographic study of the programmers, engineers, and hackers who have shaped the internet since the 1970s and the battles that have been waged amongst them over the development of open source software.
Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 The Internet Geeks and Recursive Publics 27 Protestant Reformers, Polymaths, Transhumanists 64 Free Software The Movement 97 Sharing Source Code 118 Conceiving Open Systems 143 Writing Copyright Licenses 179 Coordinating Collaborations 210 Modulations "If We Succeed, We Will Disappear" 243 Reuse, Modification, and the Nonexistence of Norms 269 Conclusion: The Cultural Consequences of Free Software 301 Notes 311 Bibliography 349 Index 367
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