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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2005. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Computer programming--Moral and ethical aspects. Computer hackers. Open source software. Hackers (Informática)