The hacker ethic, and the spirit of the information age /

Himanen, Pekka.

The hacker ethic, and the spirit of the information age / Pekka Himanen. - 1st ed. - New York : Random House, 2001. - xvii, 232 p. ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-232).

Prologue : what makes hackers tick? a.k.a. Linus's Law / Linus Torvalds --
pt. 1. The work ethic --
ch. 1. The hacker work ethic --
ch. 2. Time is money? --
pt. 2. The money ethic --
ch. 3. Money as a motive --
ch. 4. The academy and the monastery --
pt. 3. The nethic --
ch. 5. From netiquette to a nethic --
ch. 6. The spirit of informationalism --
t Conclusion --
ch. 7. Rest --
Epilogue : informationalism and the network society / Manuel Castells.

Examines the ethos of the information age as represented by the values of the original computer hackers--enthusiastic programmers who share their work with others in a spirit of openness and cooperation.


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Computer programming--Moral and ethical aspects.
Computer hackers.
Open source software.
Hackers (Informática)

QA 76.9 / H657h 2001

174/.90904