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1 online resource |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Critical, digital and social media studies |
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CDSMS (Series)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-133) and index. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
"The concept of 'the commons' has been used as a framework to understand resources shared by a community rather than a private entity, and it has also inspired social movements working against the enclosure of public goods and resources. One such resource is free (libre) and open source software (FLOSS). FLOSS emerged as an alternative to proprietary software in the 1980s. However, both the products and production processes of FLOSS have become incorporated into capitalist production. For example, Red Hat, Inc. is a large publicly traded company whose business model relies entirely on free software, and IBM, Intel, Cisco, Samsung, Google are some of the largest contributors to Linux, the open-source operating system. This book explores the ways in which FLOSS has been incorporated into digital capitalism. Just as the commons have been used as a motivational frame for radical social movements, it has also served the interests of free-marketeers, corporate libertarians, and states to expand their reach by dragging the shared resources of social life onto digital platforms so they can be integrated into the global capitalist system."--Back cover. |
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Open source software.
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Free computer software.
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Electronic commerce.
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Logiciels libres.
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Logiciels gratuits.
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Commerce électronique.
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Electronic commerce
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Free computer software
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Open source software
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| In: |
Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR |
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OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) OAPEN |
| Other Form: |
Print version: BIRKINBINE, BENJAMIN J. INCORPORATING THE DIGITAL COMMONS. [Place of publication not identified] University OF WESTMINSTER, 2020 1912656426 (OCoLC)1144087680 |
| ISBN |
9781912656431 (electronic bk.) |
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1912656434 (electronic bk.) |
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1912656426 |
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9781912656424 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000067251797 |
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AU@ 000074678038 |
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