The free/open source software movement Resistance or change?

At a time when private companies are inventing methods of locking information and when neo-liberal governments are imposing strict sanctions on those who violate intellectual property rights, the Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) movement has been countering neo-liberalism and general privatization...

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Autor principal: Panayiota Georgopoulou
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul 2009
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Sociología
Copyright
free information
community
free/Open Source Software
economy of abundance
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http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=br/br-046&d=74212712006oai
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Copyright
free information
community
free/Open Source Software
economy of abundance
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Copyright
free information
community
free/Open Source Software
economy of abundance
Panayiota Georgopoulou
The free/open source software movement Resistance or change?
topic_facet Sociología
Copyright
free information
community
free/Open Source Software
economy of abundance
description At a time when private companies are inventing methods of locking information and when neo-liberal governments are imposing strict sanctions on those who violate intellectual property rights, the Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) movement has been countering neo-liberalism and general privatization: it defies ownership regulations in a key area of growth in contemporary capitalistic societies, namely, the construction and use of information. At the end of the '90s, FOSS seemed to be a disruptive and destabilizing force in terms of intellectual property and neoliberalism, yet as open software, it has evolved into a singular economic phenomenon indicating that commercialization and financial gain can now exist without being based on the notion of ownership. This may not be detrimental to capitalistic logic, but broaden its prospects. By negating the ownership regime imposed on information and putting the historical potential of the economy of abundance of the new digital world to good use, is FOSS then laying down a plan for political resistance or showing the way towards a potential transformation of capitalism? Perhaps the new conditions of politics can be found in the heart of economy and in its transition towards an economy of abundance in the digital world.
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title_short The free/open source software movement Resistance or change?
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